Former SNP deputy leader Stewart Hosie has announced that he is standing down at the general election.
Hosie has represented Dundee East since 2005 and is the fifth SNP MP to announce that they will not stand for re-election.
It follows announcements from ex-party treasurer Douglas Chapman and former Westminster leader Ian Blackford.
Glenrothes MP Peter Grant and Lanark and Hamilton East MP Angela Crawley have also said that they are standing down.
The Daily Record understands there are several other MPs who are poised to announce that they are standing down in the coming weeks.
Hosie is currently the SNP Westminster group's economy spokesperson and was deputy leader of the party between 2014 and 2016.
He said in a statement on Twitter: “It has been the greatest privilege of my life to represent the constituency I was born and grew up in.
“I will, of course, remain an active member of the SNP and find other ways in which I can help further the cause of Scottish independence.
“I will also give my full backing to whoever is selected to replace me.”
A general election is likely to take place next year.
Pete Wishart is the only SNP MP to have served longer than Hosie in the House of Commons, having been elected in 2001. Lib Dem MP Alistair Carmichael was elected the same year as Wishart.
SNP MP Angus MacNeil and Tory MP David Mundell have also served since 2005.
Hosie currently has a majority of 13,375 in his Dundee East seat. He contested the seat in 2001 but lost out to Labour. He had unsuccessfully stood for Kircaldy in the 1992 and 1997 general elections, as well as in the 1999 Scottish Parliament election.
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