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| Conservative MP Giles Watling faces Tory membership vote | Conservative MP Giles Watling faces Tory membership vote |
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| Giles Watling said he was "very relaxed" about the local members deciding his political future | Giles Watling said he was "very relaxed" about the local members deciding his political future |
| A sitting Conservative MP faces a reselection battle ahead of the next general election after losing a vote among senior local Tory members. | |
| A panel from the Clacton Conservative Association in Essex voted not to automatically reselect Giles Watling as the town's MP. | A panel from the Clacton Conservative Association in Essex voted not to automatically reselect Giles Watling as the town's MP. |
| Local party members will instead vote and decide whether to reselect him as their next parliamentary candidate. | Local party members will instead vote and decide whether to reselect him as their next parliamentary candidate. |
| Mr Watling said he was "very relaxed" about members "having their say". | Mr Watling said he was "very relaxed" about members "having their say". |
| "I look forward to engaging with party members about how I can keep Clacton blue, having gained the seat back for us in 2017," he said. | "I look forward to engaging with party members about how I can keep Clacton blue, having gained the seat back for us in 2017," he said. |
| Jeff Bray, chair of the Clacton Conservative Association, said: "No-one has been deselected; we are in the process of re-adoption of our MP". | |
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| Related Topics | Related Topics |
| Clacton-on-Sea | Clacton-on-Sea |