Following the resignation of sitting MP Eric Joyce (and the controversial and flawed 2013 Labour Party Falkirk candidate selection), in a re-run in which all the previous candidates were excluded on 8 December 2013, Whitefield was selected to contest the Falkirk constituency at the 2015 UK general election.
After Eric Joyce's resignation and a controversial Labour Party selection process for the Falkirk constituency in 2013, Whitefield was selected to run for Falkirk in the 2015 UK general election.