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Stephen Flynn was elected to the Scottish Parliament earlier this month
A by-election to replace MP Stephen Flynn after his election to the Scottish Parliament will take place for Aberdeen South next month.
It has now been announced that the by-election to elect the new MP will take place on Thursday 18 June.
Nominations will be open tomorrow and close on Friday this week.
At the Holyrood election on 7 May, Flynn came in ahead of the Conservatives with a slim majority of 1,244 (3.6%).
One of the highest-profile SNP politicians, the Aberdeen South MP had to step down from Westminster in order to take up his seat at Holyrood.
Flynn said he would be a champion for North Sea oil and gas workers, those struggling with the cost of living, and "young people searching for hope and aspiration".
He has been widely tipped as a future SNP leader.
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