Green Party Candidate Withdraws From By-Election Hours After Selection
The Green Party's chosen candidate for the Makerfield by-election, a nurse and local campaigner, withdrew from the race just hours after her selection was announced. This unexpected departure leaves the party seeking a new representative.
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Green Party candidate pulls out of by-election
Chris Kennedy withdraws from the contest hours after he was named as the Green Party's candidate.
Read full article →Greens select nurse and ‘committed local campaigner’ as Makerfield byelection candidate
Chris Kennedy chosen amid reports Greens do not want to be blamed for splitting progressive vote and allowing Reform to win UK politics live – latest updates The Green party has chosen “a committed local campaigner” as its candidate in the Makerfield byelection which is due to take place on 18 June. Chris Kennedy, a nurse and children’s safeguarding specialist, was chosen after a hustings on Wednesday amid reports that the party was proposing to hold back from investing significant resource...
By Mark Brown North of England correspondent
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