1. George Kerevan was born on 28 September 1949 and is a Scottish journalist, economist, and politician.
13 Facts About George Kerevan
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George Kerevan was the Scottish National Party Member of Parliament for East Lothian from 2015, until he lost his seat to Martin Whitfield of the Labour Party at the 2017 general election.
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George Kerevan held academic posts at Napier College, including Senior Lecturer in Economics, from 1975 to 2000, specialising in energy economics.
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George Kerevan was associate editor of The Scotsman from 2000 to 2009, and was the chief executive of What If Productions Ltd.
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George Kerevan is co-organiser of the Prestwick World Festival of Flight.
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George Kerevan was a member of the International Marxist Group, a Trotskyist group, between 1972 and 1982.
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George Kerevan went on to stand unsuccessfully as the SNP candidate for Edinburgh East at the 2010 general election, as well as an SNP candidate in the Lothian region in the 2011 Scottish Parliament election.
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George Kerevan eventually stood successfully as the SNP candidate for East Lothian at the 2015 general election.
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George Kerevan won 25,104 votes, a majority of 6,803, and unseated the then-incumbent Labour MP Fiona O'Donnell.
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George Kerevan was a member of the House of Commons Treasury Select Committee.
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George Kerevan subsequently lost his seat in the 2017 general election to Martin Whitfield of the Labour Party, who won with a majority of 3,083 votes over Kerevan.
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In March 2021, George Kerevan defected from the SNP to the Alba Party.
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George Kerevan is the co-author, with Alan Cochrane, of Scottish Independence: Yes or No, published in April 2014.