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Jul 2022
Last Updated: 18/07/2022
Nigel Adams: By-election could be called amid peerage reports
People in Spofforth, Follifoot, Huby and Weeton could be set to go to the polls, according to weekend media reports.
Nigel Adams, MP for Selby and Ainsty which includes rural Harrogate.
People in parts of the Harrogate district could be set for a by-election amid reports that MP Nigel Adams is in line for a peerage.
According to The Observer, Mr Johnson is planning to award peerages to both Mr Adams and culture secretary Nadine Dorries. Both are regarded as key allies.
The awarding of a peerage would trigger a by-election, which could prove an early test for Mr Johnson’s successor.
Mr Adams, whose Selby and Ainsty constituency includes Spofforth, Follifoot, Huby and Weeton, is currently a minister without portfolio in the Cabinet Office.
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Mr Adams has already announced he will be standing down at the next general election, which is due to take place in 2024.
He was first elected in 2010 and has defended the seat in three subsequent elections.
He currently holds the Selby and Ainsty seat with a majority of 20,137.
The Stray Ferret has approached Mr Adams for comment.
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