Marie Rimmer, the former leader of St Helens council in Merseyside, has been arrested and charged with assault over an incident at a polling station in Glasgow, the Liverpool Echo reports.

The paper says a dispute broke out at Shettleston Community Centre in the city. Ms Rimmer is now the Labour candidate for the Parliamentary seat of St Helens South and Whiston.

A spokesman for Police Scotland said: “Police Scotland can confirm that a 61-year-old woman has been arrested and charged with an alleged assault on a female in an incident at the Shettleston Community centre in Amulree Street, Glasgow at around 1pm today."