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    28

    May

    Last Updated: 29/05/2024
    Politics
    Politics

    Labour and Greens select Wetherby and Easingwold election candidates

    by Calvin Robinson Chief Reporter

    | 28 May, 2024
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    Ben Pickles and Anna Jacobs.

    Labour and the Green Party have revealed candidates to stand in the Wetherby and Easingwold constituency at the upcoming general election.

    Voters will head to the polls to elect 650 MPs to the House of Commons on July 4.

    The new Wetherby and Easingwold constituency, which includes parts of Harrogate, will be contested for the first time at the election.

    Ben Pickles, 29, a Bradford schoolteacher, has been announced as Labour’s candidate to contest the seat.

    Mr Pickles said:

    “I’m a proud council estate kid, grew up with a single mum, and was the first in my family to go to university.
    “I was a teenage parent myself, and know full well how difficult it is to simply pay the bills at times.
    “My two children shape my values and view of social justice - giving every child the opportunity to succeed is my primary goal.”


    Meanwhile, the Green Party has selected Anna Jacobs to stand in the constituency.

    Ms Jacobs, a lawyer who has lived in Wetherby for the last nine years, said:

    “I want to be a part of the change to make our Wetherby and Easingwold a better place. 
    “We are so lucky to live in beautiful surroundings, but that doesn’t mean that it is without its problems or cannot be improved. I want to use my skills to properly represent residents, to really listen and help individuals to take action and make a difference to the quality of lives. That would be a privilege.”


    Current Elmet and Rothwell MP, Alec Shelbrook, will contest the constituency for the Conservatives.

    Mr Shelbrook’s current seat is among those being abolished as part of the boundary review which proposed the new constituency.

    Meanwhile, Reform UK will field Mike Jordan as its candidate and James Monaghan will stand for the Liberal Democrats in the new constituency.



    Read more:



    • Explained: The new constituency which will cover part of the Harrogate district

    • Opposition parties prepare for chance to end Tory stranglehold in Harrogate and Knaresborough