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| Remain parties seek deal on Peterborough byelection candidate | Remain parties seek deal on Peterborough byelection candidate |
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| Pro-remain parties are in talks about forming an alliance to support a single candidate in a byelection in Peterborough. | Pro-remain parties are in talks about forming an alliance to support a single candidate in a byelection in Peterborough. |
| Representatives of the Liberal Democrats, the Green party and Change UK are attempting to reach an agreement before a 4pm deadline for nominations for the Cambridgeshire seat. | |
| Voters will go to the polls on 6 June to replace the former Labour MP Fiona Onasanya, who lost her seat after being jailed for perverting the course of justice. The byelection will be the first parliamentary vote since the government failed to get its Brexit deal approved before the 29 March deadline. | Voters will go to the polls on 6 June to replace the former Labour MP Fiona Onasanya, who lost her seat after being jailed for perverting the course of justice. The byelection will be the first parliamentary vote since the government failed to get its Brexit deal approved before the 29 March deadline. |
| Ex-Tory businessman to stand as Brexit party candidate in Peterborough | |
| There are concerns the remain vote could be split, allowing Nigel Farage’s Brexit party to capitalise on anger against the two main parties. | There are concerns the remain vote could be split, allowing Nigel Farage’s Brexit party to capitalise on anger against the two main parties. |
| Labour and Conservative officials in Peterborough have privately expressed concern they may experience a backlash because of the Brexit stalemate in parliament. | Labour and Conservative officials in Peterborough have privately expressed concern they may experience a backlash because of the Brexit stalemate in parliament. |
| Lib Dem sources confirmed an agreement was being thrashed out by representatives of the three parties. The choice of a unity candidate could be difficult, as the Lib Dems and the Greens have already announced candidates for the seat. | Lib Dem sources confirmed an agreement was being thrashed out by representatives of the three parties. The choice of a unity candidate could be difficult, as the Lib Dems and the Greens have already announced candidates for the seat. |
| At a People’s Vote event on Thursday, the Change UK MP Sarah Wollaston, who chairs the health and social care select committee and was formerly with the Conservatives, said discussions between remain-supporting parties were continuing. | At a People’s Vote event on Thursday, the Change UK MP Sarah Wollaston, who chairs the health and social care select committee and was formerly with the Conservatives, said discussions between remain-supporting parties were continuing. |
| “I think that it would be a positive thing for all unequivocally remain parties to be there fielding a single candidate and combating all the nonsense we are getting from Farage,” she said. | “I think that it would be a positive thing for all unequivocally remain parties to be there fielding a single candidate and combating all the nonsense we are getting from Farage,” she said. |
| Candidates announced so far include Lisa Forbes, a Unite official, for Labour; Paul Bristow, a PR executive, for the Conservatives; Beki Sellick, an engineer, for the Lib Dems; Joseph Wells for the Greens, John Whitby for Ukip, Patrick O’Flynn for the Social Democratic party and Alan “Howling Laud” Hope for the Official Monster Raving Loony party. | Candidates announced so far include Lisa Forbes, a Unite official, for Labour; Paul Bristow, a PR executive, for the Conservatives; Beki Sellick, an engineer, for the Lib Dems; Joseph Wells for the Greens, John Whitby for Ukip, Patrick O’Flynn for the Social Democratic party and Alan “Howling Laud” Hope for the Official Monster Raving Loony party. |
| The Brexit party has put up Mike Greene, a former contestant on Channel 4’s The Secret Millionaire, as a candidate in an area that voted more than 60% to leave in the 2016 EU referendum. | The Brexit party has put up Mike Greene, a former contestant on Channel 4’s The Secret Millionaire, as a candidate in an area that voted more than 60% to leave in the 2016 EU referendum. |
| The Conservatives lost Peterborough city council to no overall control in local elections last week, after three years in charge of the consistently marginal authority. | The Conservatives lost Peterborough city council to no overall control in local elections last week, after three years in charge of the consistently marginal authority. |
| Labour remains the second-largest group on the council with 17 seats, followed by the Lib Dems on nine. | Labour remains the second-largest group on the council with 17 seats, followed by the Lib Dems on nine. |
| Onasanya has said she will not stand in the election. She lost her seat when nearly 30% of her constituents called for a byelection in a recall petition. | Onasanya has said she will not stand in the election. She lost her seat when nearly 30% of her constituents called for a byelection in a recall petition. |
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