{"id":18577,"date":"2026-10-19T10:54:03","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T10:54:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/?p=18577"},"modified":"2026-10-19T10:54:03","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T10:54:03","slug":"reform-msp-resigns-to-sit-as-independent-member-daily-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/?p=18577","title":{"rendered":"Reform MSP resigns to sit as independent member \u2013 Daily Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <\/p>\n<p>Amanda Bland will sit as an independent<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Reform UK Scotland has confirmed that Amanda Bland has resigned from the party to sit as an independent MSP.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">She was elected to the Scottish Parliament for Reform UK on the Central Scotland and Lothians West regional list in May.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The party has now called on her to resign as an MSP to allow for another Reform member on the list  to take her place.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Her decision will push Reform UK into third place in the Scottish parliament with 16 seats to Labour\u2019s 17 and alter the speaking order at FMQs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">A Reform Party spokesperson commented: \u201cWe can confirm Amanda Bland has resigned as a Reform UK member of the Scottish Parliament to sit as an independent MSP.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are proud of a talented and united team of MSPs at Holyrood who have supported each other at every step of the way.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAmanda Bland should reflect on her reasons for choosing to isolate herself from that team of capable individuals.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt is incumbent on her to resign as a regional MSP for Central Scotland and Lothians West and allow her constituents to be represented by the next Reform candidate on that list.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">There was no statement from Ms Bland, though her decision comes after revelations about the behaviour of some Reform supporters in England.<\/p>\n<p>           \t            #Reform #MSP #resigns #sit #independent #member #Daily #Business<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amanda Bland will sit as an independent Reform UK Scotland has confirmed that Amanda Bland&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[23276,272,306,9387,1130,19649,2025,3062,690,5306],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18577"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18577\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}