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==Candidates==
 
==Candidates==
 
[[File:Louie_French.jpg|300px|right|thumb|[[Conservative Party]] candidate [[Louie French]] ]]
 
[[File:Louie_French.jpg|300px|right|thumb|[[Conservative Party]] candidate [[Louie French]] ]]
The Labour candidate was be chosen from an NEC approved shortlist of four, all from London but only one of which is from Bexley Borough.<ref>https://labourlist.org/2021/10/revealed-labour-shortlist-of-candidates-for-old-bexley-and-sidcup-by-election/</ref> This process ignored a rule change made at conference.<ref>https://labourlist.org/2021/10/delegates-voted-to-transform-selections-why-is-the-rule-change-being-ignored/</ref> On 29 October the Labour candidate chosen was local Bexley councillor Daniel Francis.<ref>https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/19681541.labour-selects-candidate-old-bexley-sidcup-by-election/</ref>On 28 October 2021, Labour announced its candidate as [[Daniel Francis]], a councillor for Belvedere, who was the Leader of the Labour Group on Bexley Council from 2017–2021.<ref>''[https://labourlist.org/2021/10/daniel-francis-selected-as-labour-candidate-for-old-bexley-and-sidcup/ "Daniel Francis selected as Labour candidate for Old Bexley and Sidcup"]''</ref>
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The Labour candidate was be chosen from an NEC approved shortlist of four, all from London but only one of which is from Bexley Borough.<ref>https://labourlist.org/2021/10/revealed-labour-shortlist-of-candidates-for-old-bexley-and-sidcup-by-election/</ref> This process ignored a rule change made at conference.<ref>https://labourlist.org/2021/10/delegates-voted-to-transform-selections-why-is-the-rule-change-being-ignored/</ref> On 28 October 2021, Labour announced its candidate as [[Daniel Francis]], a councillor for Belvedere, who was the Leader of the Labour Group on Bexley Council from 2017–2021.<ref>''[https://labourlist.org/2021/10/daniel-francis-selected-as-labour-candidate-for-old-bexley-and-sidcup/ "Daniel Francis selected as Labour candidate for Old Bexley and Sidcup"]''</ref><ref>https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/19681541.labour-selects-candidate-old-bexley-sidcup-by-election/</ref>
  
 
On 29 October, [[Reform UK]] announced that their leader [[Richard Tice]] would be their candidate.<ref>''[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/10/29/land-by-election-blow-boris-johnsons-nanny-state-says-reform/ "I'll land a by-election blow to Johnson's nanny state"]''</ref> On 4 November Richard Tice claimed the Tories are "clearly worried" ahead of the upcoming by-election contest in Old Bexley and Sidcup.<ref>''[https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1516257/brexit-party-latest-news-reform-uk-richard-tice-conservative-old-bexley-sidcup-london-ont "'Tories clearly worried!' Reform leader exposes Conservative concerns ahead of by-election"]''</ref>
 
On 29 October, [[Reform UK]] announced that their leader [[Richard Tice]] would be their candidate.<ref>''[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/10/29/land-by-election-blow-boris-johnsons-nanny-state-says-reform/ "I'll land a by-election blow to Johnson's nanny state"]''</ref> On 4 November Richard Tice claimed the Tories are "clearly worried" ahead of the upcoming by-election contest in Old Bexley and Sidcup.<ref>''[https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1516257/brexit-party-latest-news-reform-uk-richard-tice-conservative-old-bexley-sidcup-london-ont "'Tories clearly worried!' Reform leader exposes Conservative concerns ahead of by-election"]''</ref>

Revision as of 00:08, 7 November 2021

Event.png 2021 Old Bexley and Sidcup by-election  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
Date2 December 2021

The 2021 Old Bexley and Sidcup by-election is scheduled to take place on 2 December 2021 following the death of the sitting member, James Brokenshire, who had been the MP for the constituency since 2010.[1]

Candidates

The Labour candidate was be chosen from an NEC approved shortlist of four, all from London but only one of which is from Bexley Borough.[2] This process ignored a rule change made at conference.[3] On 28 October 2021, Labour announced its candidate as Daniel Francis, a councillor for Belvedere, who was the Leader of the Labour Group on Bexley Council from 2017–2021.[4][5]

On 29 October, Reform UK announced that their leader Richard Tice would be their candidate.[6] On 4 November Richard Tice claimed the Tories are "clearly worried" ahead of the upcoming by-election contest in Old Bexley and Sidcup.[7]

On 30 October, Bexley councillor Louie French was chosen as the Conservative candidate.[8]

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