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Neil Kinnock's son selected as Labour candidate for Aberavon Neil Kinnock's son selected as Labour candidate for Aberavon
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The son of former Labour leader Neil Kinnock has been selected as a Labour candidate at the 2015 general election.The son of former Labour leader Neil Kinnock has been selected as a Labour candidate at the 2015 general election.
Stephen Kinnock, 44, who is married to Danish Prime Minister Helle Thoring-Schmidt, was chosen yesterday as the official Labour candidate for Aberavon, in WalesStephen Kinnock, 44, who is married to Danish Prime Minister Helle Thoring-Schmidt, was chosen yesterday as the official Labour candidate for Aberavon, in Wales
If elected in the safe Labour seat in the 2015 general election, he will join his mother, Glenys, and father in the Houses of Parliament, where they are respectively Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead and Baron Kinnock, of Bedwellty in the County of Gwent. If elected in the safe Labour seat in the 2015 general election, he will join his mother, Glenys, and father in the Houses of Parliament, where they are respectively Lady Kinnock of Holyhead and Lord Kinnock of Bedwellty in the County of Gwent.
Despite his marriage to Thoring-Schmidt, Kinnock is based London and works for the business advisory company Xynteo. He has previously worked for the British Council and the World Economic Forum. Despite his marriage to Thoring-Schmidt, Kinnock is based in London and works for the business advisory company Xynteo. He has previously worked for the British Council and the World Economic Forum.
Thorning-Schmidt is not planning to stand down as Danish prime minister. She recently told a Danish newspaper: "I do admit it is unusual, but we have lived an unusual life in many ways and we always make it work.Thorning-Schmidt is not planning to stand down as Danish prime minister. She recently told a Danish newspaper: "I do admit it is unusual, but we have lived an unusual life in many ways and we always make it work.
She most recently received publicity in the UK when she was shown taking a "selfie" photograph sitting alongside Barack Obama and David Cameron at Nelson Mandela's memorial service in South Africa.She most recently received publicity in the UK when she was shown taking a "selfie" photograph sitting alongside Barack Obama and David Cameron at Nelson Mandela's memorial service in South Africa.
Aberavon MP Hywel Francis announced last November his intention to step down in 2015 from Aberavon, a seat that boasts the first Labour prime minister Ramsay MacDonald as a one-time MP. Hywel Francis, the current MP for Aberavon, announced last November his intention to step down in 2015 from the seat, which the first Labour prime minister, Ramsay MacDonald, once held.