Sue Gray’s son is chosen as candidate for Labour goal seat

The son of Partygate investigator – and now Keir Starmer‘s chief aide – Sue Gray has been chosen because the candidate for a Labour goal seat.

Liam Conlon will stand in Beckenham & Penge on the basic election after being picked by native activists final evening.

The campaigner and incapacity rights activist noticed off rival Melanie Ward in a fierce contest, and will now discover himself in Parliament subsequent yr.

The new seat in south-east London has been created by the Boundary Commission’s evaluation. 

The space is presently represented by retiring MP Bob Stewart, who not too long ago surrendered the Tory whip after being convicted of a racially aggravated public order offence. He is interesting in opposition to the decision.

Liam Conlon will stand in Beckenham & Penge on the basic election after being picked by native activists final evening

Mr Conlon is the son of Partygate investigator – and now Keir Starmer ‘s chief aide – Sue Gray

Mr Conlon posted on the X social media web site to say he was ‘honoured’ to have been chosen

Pollsters consider that Labour is on observe to win the constituency comfortably if there’s not a dramatic shift in public opinion.

Mr Conlon posted on the X social media web site: ‘Honoured to have been chosen to be our candidate for Beckenham & Penge Thank you everybody who supported me & engaged on this course of. 

‘The previous weeks have proven the unbelievable potential of our new native get together Look ahead to campaigning to win Beckenham & Penge collectively.’ 

Mr Conlon additionally thanked his rivals, saying they’d ‘run improbable, participating campaigns and I’m proud to name them associates’. 

Ms Gray was the mandarin who led the Partygate investigation, delivering a bruising verdict concerning the tradition in Downing Street beneath Boris Johnson. 

But information that she had been tapped up by Sir Keir to change into his chief of workers sparked an enormous row about Whitehall impartiality.

Supporters of Mr Johnson stated that it proved her controversial probe into the previous PM’s behaviour in Downing Street in the course of the pandemic was a ‘cynical stitch-up’ by his political opponents.

Labour has insisted that Ms Gray’s expertise in Whitehall will assist Sir Keir hit the bottom operating ought to he change into PM subsequent yr. 

The campaigner and incapacity rights activist noticed off rival Melanie Ward in a fierce contest, and will now discover himself in Parliament subsequent yr