Local party’s executive walks out en masse over candidate choice, which they say is stitch-up by party HQ
Wakefield’s Labour party executive have walked out of the final selection meeting for the party’s byelection, in protest at the candidate choice, which members termed a stitch-up by Labour HQ.
In a rebellion by activists that could harm the party’s chances of taking the crucial West Yorkshire seat, the local party’s executive walked out en masse ahead of the vote on the final two shortlisted candidates, Kate Dearden and Simon Lightwood.
