The former SNP leadership candidate quit the party for Alba, headed by Alex Salmond, at the weekend.
Ash Regan has said she is confident her constituents would back her as an Alba party candidate in the 2026 Holyrood election following her defection from the SNP.
In an interview with the PA news agency on Monday, Ms Regan said she was not concerned about the possibility of losing her seat in the 2026 election. Ms Regan also ruled out standing as a candidate in next year’s Westminster elections, adding: “I’m a member of Holyrood so I wouldn’t be standing in a general election, but I would definitely be putting myself forward for 2026.”
She said: “I feel that I was elected on a pro-independence platform that the people that voted for me, albeit under an SNP banner, were voting to progress and achieve Scottish independence.She will now advocate for Alba’s “high bar” independence strategy of achieving more than 50% of the Scottish vote at the Westminster elections by using all pro-independence parties.
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