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Yvonne's pride at MP selection
Yvonne Fovargue is Makerfield Labour Party's choice to fight the general election.
The Warrington councillor and chairman of St Helens Citizens Advice Bureau had been a long term favourite.
And she stormed through the hustings with a "considerable majority" among the 160 members – approaching three quarters of the branch – who packed into Stubshaw Labour Club at the weekend.
East Yorkshire town councillor Emma Hoddinott, whose campaign was mired in a row over her election address claims to have been a former Mayor, was runner- up.
Her selection comes days after Wigan Labour Party chose 30-year-old Lisa Nandy to represent them following the resignation of Neil Turner – that too was an all-women shortlist.
Wife of Makerfield Labour constituency organiser Paul Kenny, Ms Fovargue is mother of a grown up daughter, an active member of union Unite and the Co-operative Party.
She described her selection as a "huge honour and privilege." But admitted: "Now the hard work really starts!
"I'm seeking to follow in Ian McCartney's footsteps and there is a sense of trepidation because Makerfield has a proud tradition of support and loyalty to the Labour and trade union movement with continuous Labour representation from the election of Stephen Walsh in 1906 to Ian's election in 1987."
Full story in today's (Tueday) Wigan Evening Post ...
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