North Ayrshire's opposition MSPs have reacted to the resignation of Scotland's First Minister Humza Yousaf.

And both Labour's Katy Clark and Conservative Jamie Greene said while they respected the First Minister and wished him well on a personal level, Scotland now needed a new government.

Meanwhile West of Scotland Green MSP Ross Greer credited the First Minister for taking responsibility and called for a return to stability at Holyrood.

Ms Clark, Scottish Labour MSP for West Scotland, said: “I have had profound disagreements with Humza Yousaf and the administration he has led, not least on the cuts he has administered to public services and local government, and the failure to address the issues we face as a country.

“However, I do also recognise his dignity and courage in his words and actions as his family have faced danger in Gaza. On a personal level, all of Scottish Labour therefore wish him the best for the future.

"Nevertheless, it is clear the SNP are divided and unfit to run the country.

"The NHS faces profound decline. We have a homelessness emergency. Climate targets have been abandoned. And our island communities have been failed due to the failure to invest in a new ferry fleet.

"It should be for the people to decide the First Minister, not SNP members with Green MSPs getting a veto over which SNP MSP they find acceptable.

"We now need a Parliament which focuses on good quality legalisation that improves lives and drives the actions needed to address the significant challenges we face.

"It's time for a profound change in Scotland. Scottish Labour stands ready for an election."

West of Scotland Conservative MSP Mr Greene said: "On a personal level, I wish Humza and his family well.

"I always found him to be engaging in my one to one interactions in my roles as both Shadow Transport and Justice Minister. Politics can be an unforgiving place to be. 

"However, as is often the case in politics, he was very much the architect of his own demise. Reaching out to cooperate with opposition views and parties should have been done last year when he took office, not this year in a desperate bid to save his job. 

"It’s clear that whoever takes over the SNP and potentially as the latest First Minster that they would be putting independence before anything else.

"Scotland needs more than a new First Minister it needs a new government."

Green MSP Ross Greer said: "Humza Yousaf is right to resign. His position was no longer tenable after he broke the trust of Scottish Greens and with everyone who wanted a stable, progressive, pro-independence government.  
 
“It is regrettable that it has ended this way, it didn’t need to. We draw no satisfaction or pleasure from this.
 
“But the Scottish Greens could no longer have confidence in Humza Yousaf after he chose to unilaterally end the Bute House Agreement.  
 
“In doing so he let down the large majority of Scottish Green and SNP members who approved the agreement who wanted it to work.   

“It is to his credit that he has taken personal responsibility. Now, though, is the time to return to some stability.
 
“The SNP is still the largest party in Parliament by some distance, and has the right to form a minority government.  
 
“The Scottish Greens have a long track record of working constructively from opposition and will do so with any First Minister who shares our progressive values and who can secure our confidence."