Who are Labour’s parliamentary candidates in Scotland?

  • Faten Hameed, founder of the Scottish Iraqi Society who helped co-ordinate aid donations, Glasgow Central.
  • Martin McCluskey, political director, Scottish Labour, Inverclyde.
  • Martin Whitfield, lawyer turned primary school teacher, East Lothian.
  • Alison Dowling, an anti-poverty campaigner, Paisley and Renfrewshire South.
  • Kate Watson, former director of operations at Better Together, Glasgow East.
  • Gordon Munro, longstanding councillor, Edinburgh North and Leith.
  • Daniel Goodare, A&E doctor, Dumfries and Galloway.
  • Cara Hilton, former Dunfermline MSP, Dunfermline and West Fife;
  • Blair McDougall, former campaign director at Better Together, East Renfrewshire;
  • Paul Sweeney, Scottish Enterprise executive and former Holyrood candidate, Glasgow North East;
  • Rhea Wolfson, constituency Labour Party representative on the ruling NEC, Livingston.

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