Edinburgh MP Joanna Cherry has announced her resignation from the SNP ruling body on social media.
The representative for Edinburgh South West says she was stopped from improving transparency and scrutiny within the party.
Her decision so quit the National Executive Committee comes just days after the treasurer – Dunfermline and West Fife MP Douglas Chapman – stood down.
She tweeted: "I've resigned from the NEC of @theSNP. A number of factors haver prevented me from fulfilling the mandate party members gave me to improve transparency and scrutiny, and to uphold the party's constitution. I won't be making any further comment at this stage."
Announcing his own decision to step down, Chapman said over the weekend: Despite having a resounding mandate from members to introduce more transparency into the party’s finances, I have not received the support or financial information to carry out the fiduciary duties of National Treasurer.
"Regretfully I have resigned with immediate effect."
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Deputy First Minister John Swinney was questioned on the BBC Scotland’s The Sunday Show about whether Police Scotland was investigating “£600,000 of SNP funds that was raised by activists and campaigners and perhaps diverted elsewhere?”, Swinney replied: “Not to my knowledge, no.”
Police Scotland sources told the Scottish Mail on Sunday they had examined complaints regarding the SNP but found no evidence of any fraud.
