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LABOUR suspended one of its general election candidates yesterday after he appeared in court accused of driving offences.
Sumon Hoque, 32, was selected in February as the candidate for Banff & Buchan, and was standing against Eilidh Whiteford of the SNP, who won the seat in 2010.
He denied five breaches of the Road Traffic Act, including driving without a licence and being over the drink-driving limit, at Aberdeen Sheriff Court.
A Scottish Labour spokesman said: “Sumon Hoque has been suspended from representing the Labour Party and we have, therefore, withdrawn support from him as the general election candidate.”
The SNP has held the Aberdeenshire seat since Alex Salmond beat Tory Albert McQuarrie in 1987.
