By Daniel Martin PUBLISHED: 20:51 EST, 8 December 2013 | UPDATED: 20:51 EST, 8 December 2013 Candidate: Karen Whitefield is a campaigns officer for the office and shopworkers' union Usdaw Labour last night ignored the lessons of the Falkirk scandal and selected another female union employee as its candidate for the troubled Scottish seat. Karen Whitefield is a campaigns officer for the office and shopworkers’ union Usdaw. Her selection comes despite accusations earlier this year that another union, Labour’s paymaster Unite, had rigged votes in favour of its preferred candidate, Karie Murphy. Unite was accused of signing up local people as Labour members without their knowledge.
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Karen Whitefield is an officer for office and shopworkers' union Usdaw
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Her selection comes despite accusations earlier this year of vote-rigging
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Unite 'signed up local people as Labour members without their knowledge'
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Labour has failed to take opportunity to distance itself from the unions
However, leaked documents suggested there was ‘no doubt that [@placeholder] members were recruited in an attempt to manipulate party processes’.