Former Record reporter Torcuil Crichton set to become Labour candidate in Na h-Eileanan an Iar

dailyrecord.co.uk:

A former Daily Record journalist is on course to become a Labour candidate in the general election.Torcuil Crichton is likely to contest the Na h-Eileanan an Iar seat after his selection opponent dropped out.Crichton, 58, was the Record’s long-standing Westminster editor, leaving last year after 12 years on the paper.He is also a broadcaster who made an acclaimed documentary on Donald Trump’s Scottish roots and his late mother.Crichton, who is from Lewis, was expected to go head-to-head with another candidate in the Labour selection, but it is understood he is the only person to go forward for the nomination.

A vote of local Labour members will take place later in the week.Na h-Eileanan an Iar is held by the SNP’s Angus MacNeil, who was re-elected in 2019 with a majority of 2,438.

It is the smallest constituency in the UK. A Labour source said the seat is ranked as one of twelve Westminster constituencies Labour could retake on current polling.