Michelle Thomson and Natalie McGarry will not stand in the June general election.

The former SNP MPs were told on Saturday they would not be eligible for selection.

The two had been standing as independent candidates following police investigations.

Ms Thomson has said she was "very disappointed" with the decision.

In a statement, Ms Thomson said: "At 10.26 this morning I was called from the ongoing SNP NEC meeting to be told a selection process for Edinburgh West would happen and that I would not be eligible to stand for selection.

"I am very disappointed with the decisions of the SNP. I am grateful to both elected officials and local branch members who contacted me in recent days to say they had lobbied the NEC on my behalf."

Ms Thomson confirmed that after "careful consideration" she has decided not to stand as an independent candidate in the seat.

Ms McGarry was charged by the police last year over allegations of fraud relating to potential missing funds from the group Women For Independence, which was set up in the run-up to the 2014 Scottish referendum, and the SNP's Glasgow Regional Association.

She also resigned the SNP whip in 2015, and has insisted there has been no wrongdoing on her part.

She tweeted: "Today's decision by the SNP NEC was of no surprise to me. I'll be making no statement. My focus remains with my constituents and staff."

Ms Thomson, who was elected as one of the SNP's 56 MPs in the 2015 general election, withdrew from the party whip amid an ongoing police investigation into property deals.

She said she had been subjected to "sustained personal attacks" over the past two years.

"Since September 2015 there have been reports concerning a solicitor I used some seven years ago," she said.

"I have always made it clear that I have done nothing wrong and it is a matter of public record that it was the solicitor who was under investigation and not myself, that no charges have ever been brought and that I assisted Police Scotland on a purely voluntary basis."