Six things you may have missed this week on the Yorkshire General Election trail

The Haltemprice is right

Is there a shortage of Labour politicians in Haltemprice and Howden willing to take on sitting Tory David Davis?

The local Labour party announced this week that its candidate to take on the former Brexit Secretary and his 15,000 vote majority is George Ayre, a councillor 50 miles away in Pontefract.

"Haltemprice Labour Party searched far and wide for a candidate of the calibre they desired," the successful candidate said.

Mr Ayre, who has...
source: Yorkshire Post

2019-11-15 19:41
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