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27 January 2011
Last updated at 08:05 ET
Gail Sheridan has confirmed she will not be standing for election to the Scottish Parliament in May's vote.
Mrs Sheridan said she was "flattered" to have been considered "good enough" to be a candidate for Solidarity.
But she said her husband's imprisonment for perjury meant her priority was in "caring for our beautiful daughter".
Her husband Tommy begun a three-year prison term on Wednesday for lying during his successful defamation case against the News of the World in 2006.
In a statement issued by her lawyer, Amar Anwar, Mrs Sheridan said: "I am flattered by those Solidarity members and members of the public who considered me good enough to stand for the Scottish Parliament.
"As a lifelong trade unionist and advocate of workers' rights I would have welcomed the challenge.
"However, given Tommy's imprisonment my priority is caring for our beautiful daughter. In the coming elections I will be supporting and voting for Solidarity and will be encouraging others to do likewise."
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Mrs Sheridan said she was "flattered" to have been considered "good enough" to be a candidate for Solidarity.
But she said her husband's imprisonment for perjury meant her priority was in "caring for our beautiful daughter".
Her husband Tommy begun a three-year prison term on Wednesday for lying during his successful defamation case against the News of the World in 2006.
In a statement issued by her lawyer, Amar Anwar, Mrs Sheridan said: "I am flattered by those Solidarity members and members of the public who considered me good enough to stand for the Scottish Parliament.
"As a lifelong trade unionist and advocate of workers' rights I would have welcomed the challenge.
"However, given Tommy's imprisonment my priority is caring for our beautiful daughter. In the coming elections I will be supporting and voting for Solidarity and will be encouraging others to do likewise."
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