THE LABOUR Party has chosen its candidate to contest the Barnsley East seat in the June election - a trade union official for the West Midlands.
Stephanie Peacock, former partner of the party’s deputy leader Tom Watson, was selected by a panel made up of members of the party’s ruling national executive committee.
The race to find a successor for MP Michael Dugher follows his shock announcement last Thursday that he will not be standing in the election on June 8.
Mr Dugher told the Chronicle Barnsley is getting a ‘big hitter’ in Stephanie, 30, as she’s ‘not afraid to tell it like it is’.
We have been at the heart of our community, every week, since 1858. The town and its people have changed dramatically since then but the Chronicle has been a constant.
It’s our belief that news should be available to everyone regardless of their circumstance. But we need a little helping hand to do so.
Production Editor, Ashley Ball, said: "In an ever changing media world, it’s important that news is reported correctly and without any hidden agenda.
Your support allows us to keep holding decision-makers to account and report on everything that happens in the town, good or bad, fairly."
