Labour '˜confident' of gaining East Lothian from SNP

By The Newsroom

Published 9th Jun 2017, 01:08 BST

Updated 9th Jun 2017, 02:13 BST

Labour candidate Martin Whitfield
at the count. Picture: ian Georgeson — Labour candidate Martin Whitfield at the count. Picture: ian Georgeson

Labour sources say they are 'confident' of gaining the East Lothian seat currently held by SNP MP George Kerevan.

Mr Kerevan won the seat from Labour’s Fiona O’Donnell two years ago but now looks set to lose out to Martin Whitfield.

Mr Whitfield, a teacher at Prestonpans Primary School is standing for the first time in the seat held by Labour since 1983 before Mr Kerevan’s victory in 2015.