Difference between revisions of "2022 Wakefield by-election"
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The Wakefield Labour CLP executive resigned over the selection process.<ref>https://labourlist.org/2022/05/exclusive-wakefield-local-party-executive-resigns-over-selection-process/</ref> | The Wakefield Labour CLP executive resigned over the selection process.<ref>https://labourlist.org/2022/05/exclusive-wakefield-local-party-executive-resigns-over-selection-process/</ref> | ||
| − | The [[Labour Party]] selected [[Simon Lightwood]], former staffer of the anti-[[Brexit]], anti-Corbyn [[Mary Creagh]]. The local party reportedly walked out of the meeting.<ref>https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/b/wakefield-election-candidate-selection-disrupted-walk-out-protest</ref><ref>https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-61458020</ref> | + | The [[Labour Party]] selected [[Simon Lightwood]], former staffer of the anti-[[Brexit]], anti-Corbyn [[Mary Creagh]]. He was selected on 15 May on a turnout of just 23% of local party members. The local party reportedly walked out of the meeting.<ref>https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/b/wakefield-election-candidate-selection-disrupted-walk-out-protest</ref><ref>https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-61458020</ref> |
[[Simon Lightwood]] has presented himself as a local candidate.<ref>https://order-order.com/2022/05/16/correction-and-apology-to-labours-wakefield-candidate-simon-lightwood/</ref> [[Guido Fawkes]] reported that this is his fifth attempt to be elected MP.<ref>https://order-order.com/2022/05/16/fourth-time-lucky-for-labours-wakefield-by-election-candidate/</ref> | [[Simon Lightwood]] has presented himself as a local candidate.<ref>https://order-order.com/2022/05/16/correction-and-apology-to-labours-wakefield-candidate-simon-lightwood/</ref> [[Guido Fawkes]] reported that this is his fifth attempt to be elected MP.<ref>https://order-order.com/2022/05/16/fourth-time-lucky-for-labours-wakefield-by-election-candidate/</ref> | ||
Revision as of 07:27, 2 June 2022
 Rachel Reeves on the stump at Wakefield | |
| Date | 23 June 2022 |
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The 2022 Wakefield by-election will be held on 23 June 2022. It was triggered by the resignation of Tory Member of Parliament (MP) Imran Ahmad Khan, who was convicted for sexually assaulting a teenage boy.[1]
Contents
Candidates
Conservative
Nadeem Ahmed, a Conservative councillor for Wakefield South ward and Leader of the Wakefield Conservative group from 2014 to 2021 has been selected as Conservative Party candidate.
Labour
The Wakefield Labour CLP executive resigned over the selection process.[3] The Labour Party selected Simon Lightwood, former staffer of the anti-Brexit, anti-Corbyn Mary Creagh. He was selected on 15 May on a turnout of just 23% of local party members. The local party reportedly walked out of the meeting.[4][5]
Simon Lightwood has presented himself as a local candidate.[6] Guido Fawkes reported that this is his fifth attempt to be elected MP.[7]
Yorkshire Party
The Yorkshire Party selected the Crigglestone-based, former Conservative Councillor David Herdson as their candidate.
Liberal Democrats
The Liberal Democrats selected Jamie Needle as their candidate. Needle previously contested the constituency in 2019.
Workers Party
In May 2022, George Galloway, who ran in the 2021 Batley and Spen by-election, suggested he may run in this by-election for the Workers Party of Britain, but eventually decided not to.
Britain First
This was the first by-election candidate for Britain First since they re-registered as a political party in September 2021.
Visit of Rachel Reeves
On 28 May 2022, following a visit by Labour Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves, Carl Doran tweeted:
5 people this week.
That's the entire Labour activist turnout for a visit by the *Shadow Chancellor* to a forthcoming "red wall" by-election target seat.
The only electoral target for the entire Labour Party at the moment.
5 people.
They can't afford rosettes either, apparently.[8]
References
- ↑ https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-61113265
- ↑ https://order-order.com/2022/05/16/correction-and-apology-to-labours-wakefield-candidate-simon-lightwood/
- ↑ https://labourlist.org/2022/05/exclusive-wakefield-local-party-executive-resigns-over-selection-process/
- ↑ https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/b/wakefield-election-candidate-selection-disrupted-walk-out-protest
- ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-61458020
- ↑ https://order-order.com/2022/05/16/correction-and-apology-to-labours-wakefield-candidate-simon-lightwood/
- ↑ https://order-order.com/2022/05/16/fourth-time-lucky-for-labours-wakefield-by-election-candidate/
- ↑ "Five people - that's the entire Labour activist turnout for a visit by the *Shadow Chancellor* to a forthcoming "red wall" by-election target seat"
