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Feb 2022
At the time of the Knaresborough by-election, Chris Watt, a spokesman for the Harrogate & Knaresborough Labour Party, described the electoral pact as a “dodgy backroom deal”.
The party has no seats on Harrogate Borough Council but received 13% of the total votes at the last election in 2018, which could be enough to be a deciding factor if it did step aside in certain wards.
Mr Watt said it would not consider similar deals with other parties in May due to how "ineffective" he believes the local Lib Dems are on Harrogate Borough Council.
He said:
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