Martin Whitfield

Martin Whitfield
MP
Official parliamentary portrait by Chris McAndrew (June 2017)
Member of Parliament
for East Lothian
Assumed office
9 June 2017
Preceded by George Kerevan
Majority 3,083 (5.5%)
Personal details
Born 1965
Gosforth, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England
Political party Labour
Spouse(s) Rachel
Children 2
Alma mater Huddersfield Polytechnic

Martin David Whitfield[1] (born 1965)[2] is a Scottish Labour Party politician and former primary school teacher. He has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for East Lothian[3] since the 2017 snap general election,[4] where he unseated the sitting MP; George Kerevan of the Scottish National Party.[5]

Whitfield was born in Newcastle and achieved BA(Hons) in Business Law from Huddersfield Polytechnic, but later left the law profession and retrained as a school teacher in 2002.[6] He worked at Prestonpans Primary School[7] and served as a council member of the General Teaching Council of Scotland as well as a member of the EIS, Scotland's largest trade union.[8][9] He lives in Prestonpans with his family.[8]

Political stances

Martin Whitfield has supported the official recognition of non-binary people in official government documentation.[10] He was one of 216 general election candidates to pledge support for the Israel Election Pledge.[11]

Whitfield attracted controversy in a debate on the abuse of MPs when he claimed that "now is the time to ban anonymous social media accounts".[12] A move online blogger Paul Staines called "draconian" and "idiotic."[13] Whitfield claimed he was echoing similar remarks from SNP MEP Alyn Smith.

Whitfield was the Co-Chair of Anas Sarwar's unsuccessful 2017 Scottish Labour Party leadership campaign.[14]

References

  1. ↑ "No. 27885". The Edinburgh Gazette. 19 June 2017. p. 1076.
  2. ↑ "England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription". (Subscription required (help)).
  3. ↑ "Martin Whitfield MP". UK Parliament.
  4. ↑ "East Lothian parliamentary constituency - Election 2017" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  5. ↑ "East Lothian". Election 2017. BBC News. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  6. ↑ "ABOUT". Martin Whitfield MP. Retrieved 2017-10-17.
  7. ↑ Whitfield, Martin. ukwhoswho.com. Who's Who. 2018 (February 2018 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  8. 1 2 "Labour confirm candidate for General Election". East Lothian Courier. 28 April 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  9. ↑ "Labour confirm candidate for General Election". East Lothian Courier. Retrieved 2017-07-29.
  10. ↑ "Scotland's new MPs – June 2017 — Equality Network". www.equality-network.org. Retrieved 2017-07-29.
  11. ↑ "Pledge - We Believe in Israel". We Believe in Israel. Retrieved 2017-01-22.
  12. ↑ "UK Elections: Abuse and Intimidation - Hansard Online". hansard.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2017-07-29.
  13. ↑ "MP Demands Ban on Anonymous Twitter Accounts". Guido Fawkes. 2017-07-13. Retrieved 2017-07-29.
  14. ↑ Sarwar, Anas. "Thank you for your support & encouragement. Delighted that @MartWhitfieldMP & @pauline4glasgow will be co-chairing my campaign for leaderhttps://twitter.com/martwhitfieldmp/status/904640776478625792 …". External link in |title= (help)
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
George Kerevan		 Member of Parliament
for East Lothian
2017–present		 Incumbent


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