The Labour Party has revealed an oil and gas engineer will attempt to regain Aberdeen South at next month’s general election.
The seat was held by Dame Anne Begg from 1997 until she was defeated by the SNP’s Callum McCaig in 2015.
Now, party chiefs have confirmed that 25-year-old Callum O’Dwyer has been selected to fight for the seat.
Mr O’Dwyer said: “I am delighted to have been selected for Aberdeen South – a constituency which Dame Anne Begg represented so well for 18 years.
“I will be taking to doorsteps in every community to promote my agenda for a richer, fairer society – raising living standards with a £10 minimum wage, boosting our economy and making sure the super-rich play by the same rules as the rest of us.
“The downturn in the oil and gas industry over the last two years has hit Aberdeen and the whole north-east hard, something I have felt personally as close family members lost their jobs.
“I am proud to work in an industry which has brought so much prosperity to our area, and to our country.
“However, given the recent downturn, we have to fight to secure a long-term future for the industry and the workers whose livelihoods depend on it. That’s a fight I want to take on.
“Voters want politicians to get on and govern in the interests of the many, instead of endlessly seeking divisive referendums.”
In 2015, Mr McCaig won the seat with 41% of the vote.
The Conservatives have identified Aberdeen South as a key priority for June and have selected north-east MSP Ross Thomson as their candidate.
The election will take place on June 8.
