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Aug 2022
The Harrogate and Knaresborough Liberal Democrats are to restart their process to choose a prospective parliamentary candidate.
The party had begun moves to find someone to oppose Conservative Andrew Jones at the next general election.
But the process will be re-run after the national Lib Dems upgraded Harrogate and Knaresborough to a target seat.
Local members participated in a first selection in June and July. But a recent email to party members, seen by the Stray Ferret, said:
Conservative Andrew Jones has represented Harrogate and Knaresborough since 2010.
Jubilant Liberal Democrats in Harrogate and Knaresborough celebrate the local election results.
At the last general election in 2019, the Lib Dems increased their share of the vote in the constituency by 12 percentage points and reduced Conservative Andrew Jones’s majority to 9,675 votes. But Mr Jones has held the seat since 2012.
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