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06
Mar
Lib Dems announce candidate for Stray, Woodlands, and Hookstone by-election
The Liberal Democrats have selected Andrew Timothy as their candidate for the Stray, Woodlands, and Hookstone by-election in Harrogate on April 11.
The Lib Dems will be defending the seat on North Yorkshire Council won by Pat Marsh in 2022. She resigned last week after making antisemitic posts on X, formerly Twitter.
A party press release announcing the news said Mr Timothy "has a strong record of local campaigning across the area, having knocked on hundreds of doors working alongside Tom Gordon, the Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate for Harrogate and Knaresborough".
It added he was a scientist who works locally as a lab analyst and lives on Leeds Road. He volunteers as a local church steward, and enjoys pub quizzes.
Mr Timothy said:
Yesterday the Harrogate and Knaresborough Conservative Association announced it had selected John Ennis to stand in the division.
At the 2022 election,Mr Ennis received 35% of the votes to finish runner-up behind Ms Marsh, who polled 52%.
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