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Cardiff South and Penarth by-election – the shortlist

July 5, 2012 3:58 pm

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With Alun Michael MP selected as one of Labour’s Police Commissioner candidates, there will be a by-election in his Cardiff South and Penarth seat in November, and the party has now drawn up a shortlist candidates for the selection.

The CLP will meet at 10.30am on Saturday July 14th to choose from the following candidates:

  • Stephen Doughty
  • Kate Groucutt
  • Jeremy Miles
  • Nick Thomas-Symonds
  • Karen Wilkie

We’ll bring you profiles of each of the candidates as soon as we can. If you are one of the candidates – or know them – get in touch.

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  • ThePurpleBooker

    Brilliant that Jeremy Miles is standing. I hope he takes it. I thought Brian Tomlinson would stand but he hasn’t but I knew that Jeremy Miles was a possibility thinking he’d stand too. Hope he wins.

  • http://twitter.com/c_quigley Christine Quigley

    Really pleased to see that Kate Groucutt is standing. She’s a fantastic campaigner and would be a real asset to the Parliamentary Labour Party. She’s also a real advocate for Wales!

  • John McNally

    Kate Groucutt will make a fantastic MP, building on her track record as a campaigner and Councillor as well as her local roots.

  • neilthomas

    So explain to me why the unseemly rush and why a short list is imposed on the constituency. Has Central Party failed to learn from previous attempts to impose candidates

  • http://twitter.com/doktorb Liam

    From another place - 

    Nick Thomas-Symonds is a lawyer from Toarfen. He was shortlisted in Islwyn last time.

  • Daniel Speight

    My usual question. Will anybody declare they are taking Sainsbury money or training?

  • Sam J

    As well as being a barrister in south Wales, Nick Thomas-Symonds is also a tutor in politics at St Edmund Hall, Oxford, with a focus on British and US politics. He wrote a biography of Clement Attlee, published a couple of years ago, and narrowly missed out on being selected in Islwyn ahead of the 2010 election. He’d be an fantastic candidate and MP, and I hope that he gets selected.

    (Disclaimer: he taught me whilst I was an undergraduate)

    • Brumanuensis

      I thought the name was familiar. I confess I disliked that biography, for similar reasons to Roy Hattersley: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/jul/31/atlee-life-politics-roy-hattersley

    • http://twitter.com/mistyblulabour dave stone

      Barrister… tutor at Oxford…  Don’t these people know when to stop? He may feel he has very little to be modest about but doesn’t he accept that the LP should more accurately reflect those who vote for it?

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