The Conservatives are calling on people from outside politics as well as within to apply as the party's future mayoral candidate to take on Sadiq Khan in 2020 - but die-hard Remainers need not.. City A.M. - Published
Janet Daby said she was 'humbled and delighted' to be the London constituency's new MP. In her acceptance speech, Ms Daby attacked the Tories over schools, health and housing. MailOnline - Published
Janet Daby is chosen to stand in Lewisham East's by-election from a shortlist of black and ethnic minority women. BBC News - Published Also reported by •BBC Local News
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 19.0px Times; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} Lewisham's deputy mayor, Ms Daby, beat her rivals in the contest, including the.. Independent - Published
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Matthew Partridge casts an eye over the odds for the candidates in the Lewisham East by-election.
The post Betting on politics: who will win the Lewisham East by-election? was first published on.. MoneyWeek - Published
Phyll Opoku-Gyimah had thrown her hat in the ring to run in the safe Labour seat of Lewisham East after Heidi Alexander stood down to work for the London Mayor. MailOnline - Published
Phyll Opoku-Gyimah, the frontrunner to succeed Heidi Alexander as a Labour MP in the Lewisham East by-election, compared the Israel-Palestine conflict to ‘Nazi persecution’. MailOnline - Published
Heidi Alexander's departure will trigger a by-election in Lewisham East and will be seen as another blow to Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. MailOnline - Published Also reported by •BBC Local News •BBC News
Labour MP Heidi Alexander has quit her parliamentary role to join City Hall as the new deputy mayor for transport.
The Lewisham East MP had been widely expected to resign as she increasingly came.. City A.M. - Published
In London six constituencies have switched allegiance and everyone is awaiting Kensington, which is currently being recounted.
Labour picked up Battersea, Croydon Central and Enfield.. City A.M. - Published
The government has hit back at criticism of a scheduled rise in business rates with a letter to MPs detailing how constituencies will be affected.
The figures show the forecast average change in.. City A.M. - Published
Shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn has been sacked from the shadow cabinet amid claims he was encouraging ministers to resign should Jeremy Corbyn ignore a vote of no confidence.And Shadow Health.. Bristol Post - Published