A LABOUR MP is to stand trial for allegedly attacking a woman at a polling station on the day of the independence referendum in Glasgow last year.

Marie Rimmer, 67, allegedly assaulted Patricia McLeish at the entrance to Shettleston Community Centre in the city's east end.

The MP for St Helen's in Merseyside also faces a charge of behaving in a threatening or abusive manner on September 18, 2014, by repeatedly approaching volunteers and pointing in the face of Dennis Ashcroft.

She is alleged to have repeatedly approached Miss McLeish in an aggressive manner.

The case against Rimmer called at Glasgow Sheriff Court, where she was not present but was represented.

A not guilty plea to the charges was tendered on her behalf and a trial was set for April next year.