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Jun 2022
Ex-Lib Dem candidate will not stand in Harrogate and Knaresborough at next election
The former prospective parliamentary candidate for the Liberal Democrats has announced she will not stand for the party again in Harrogate and Knaresborough.
Judith Rogerson, who won 20,287 votes to Conservative Andrew Jones's 29,962 in 2019, said she had been asked by "lots of people" whether she would make a second bid to be elected.
However, posting on Twitter this morning, she said:
The local Liberal Democrat party said a selection process has begun to select a new PPC, decided by a vote of its members in the constituency.
The chosen candidate is expected to be announced by the end of the summer.
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Ms Rogerson added:
In response to Ms Rogerson's announcement, David Goode, constituency chairman for the Harrogate and Knaresborough Lib Dems, said:
The Harrogate and Knaresborough constituency has been represented by Mr Jones since 2010, when he won the seat from retiring Lib Dem MP Phil Willis, who had previously had a majority of more than 10,000.
Then, the Conservative majority was just 1,039 over Claire Kelley of the Lib Dems. In 2015 and 2017, Mr Jones increased this to more than 16,000 and 18,000 respectively.
None of the other parties have confirmed who will represent them in any upcoming election. A date has yet to be set, but it will have to be held by December 2024 in line with the maximum five-year parliamentary term.
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