Alexander reported in donations row

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Ms Alexander said the party and politics in Scotland would be "ill served" if she were to quit.

She spoke out after Dr Jim Dyer, the Scottish Parliament's standards watchdog, sent a report to the procurator fiscal in Lothian and Borders.

It means Ms Alexander now faces the possibility of a criminal investigation if the procurator fiscal then refers the matter on to the police.

On Friday she had publicly declared the top donors to her leadership campaign, naming 10 supporters who each gave just under £1,000.

Ms Alexander explained she was disclosing their details after advice from Dr Dyer, the Scottish Parliamentary Standards Commissioner.

She had initially been advised she did not need to register the donations on Holyrood's register of MSPs' interests. But Labour said Dr Dyer later told them this was "incorrect", and Ms Alexander therefore made a voluntary registration, detailing the donations.

In a statement, Ms Alexander said the Standards Commissioner had to refer the case to the procurator fiscal automatically.

And she said: "I am clear that suggestions that I have been guilty of trying to subvert the law in the registration of donations are completely unfounded. I am also very clear that the Labour Party and Scottish politics would be ill-served by my resignation.

"Despite the smears and accusations from my political opponents, I will not stand down for having followed the Parliamentary authorities' guidance."