Today Milton Keynes North CLP selected Emily Darlington as their candidate for the next General Election. Here’s a short biography:
Emily Darlington is a local activist in Milton Keynes. She is an associate at NESTA used to lead the Design Council programme on redesigning public services by involving service users. She also worked for Alistair Darling as a Special Adviser at the Treasury and advised the Labour government on science and innovation policy at the DTI. Before working for Labour in government, she was Head of Campaigns and Communications at the GMB trade union.
Congratulations to Emily and commiserations to the other shortlisted candidate.
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