Today the members of Norwich North CLP met to select the candidate who will aim to beat Tory Minister Chloe Smith (you may have heard of once or twice). Norwich North was a Labour seat until a controversial by-election in 2009 resulted in the seat switching from Labour to the Tories.
Today Jessica Asato was selected local party members to be their candidate in 2015. Here’s a brief profile of Jessica:
Congratulations to Jessica and commiserations to the other shortlisted candidate Jo Rust.
Update: We’ve got the numbers in now – 68 votes to 53 – so a good showing for Rust and not an easy victory for Asato by any means, and a good contest between two strong candidates.
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