George Kerevan

Early life and education

Born in Glasgow, Kerevan was educated at Kingsridge Secondary School in Drumchapel, and the University of Glasgow, graduating with a First-class MA degree in political economy.

Career

Kerevan held academic posts at Napier College, including Senior Lecturer in Economics, from 1975–2000, specialising in energy economics. He was associate editor of The Scotsman from 2000 to 2009, and was the chief executive of What If Productions (Television) Ltd. He is co-organiser of the Prestwick World Festival of Flight.

Political career

Kerevan was in the International Marxist Group, before serving as a Labour councillor in Edinburgh from 1984–1996. In 1996, he defected from the Labour Party to the Scottish National Party, and was their candidate for the Edinburgh East constituency at the 2010 UK general election, where he finished in second place to Labour's Sheila Gilmore, winning 8,133 votes.

He was the SNP candidate for East Lothian at the 2015 UK general election. He won 25,104 votes, a majority of 6,803, and unseated the then-incumbent Labour MP Fiona O'Donnell. He was a member of the House of Commons Treasury Select Committee.

He lost his seat at the 2017 general election, to Martin Whitfield of the Labour Party; who won with a majority of 3,083 votes over Kerevan.

Selected works

He is the co-author, with Alan Cochrane, of Scottish Independence: Yes or No, published in April 2014.