“I cannot therefore continue to represent you as your councillor for the ward of Fort William and Ardnamurchan, and I will be stepping down from this role at the end of October. The councillor had aimed to replace Fergus Ewing in Holyrood and become Scotland’s first transgender MSP after the longtime rebel left the party earlier this summer. Now, Fanet is expected to return to her home country of France. She said: “Finally, in a few weeks I will be living again on the continent, after nearly four decades of absence. In a dual by-election last week, Independent Sammy Cameron won in Caol and Mallaig, while Lib Dem Connie Ramsay gained a seat in Tain and Easter Ross.