Greens select nurse and ‘committed local campaigner’ as Makerfield byelection candidate
by Mark Brown North of England correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#75S2Q)
Chris Kennedy chosen amid reports Greens do not want to be blamed for splitting progressive vote and allowing Reform to win
The Green party has chosen a committed local campaigner" as its candidate in the Makerfield byelection which is due to take place on 18 June.
Chris Kennedy, a nurse and children's safeguarding specialist, was chosen after a hustings on Wednesday amid reports that the party was proposing to hold back from investing significant resources in the byelection.
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