ITV News' Alastair Stewart loses out to MPs in Pancake Day race

A team of MPs have battered journalists and peers in a charity pancake race.

Labour's Stephen Pound headed up the MPs team who battled it out against represenatives from the House of Lords and a team of journalists including ITV News' Alastair Stewart.

The annual race, which starts at Victoria Tower Gardens outside Parliament, is held in support of the disability charity Rehab.

Speaking after his team's victory, Conservative MP Tim Loughton said: "There was a lot of tossing but it was minimalist tossing. It's the quality of the tosses not the number.

"We trained hard for this. A lot of preparation, a lot of team tactics and we didn't cheat as much as the Lords."

Alan Duncan MP (left) and Nigel Nelson of the Sunday People Credit: PA