Lib Dems are the latest party to name a candidate for the Mid Beds by-election, even though standing MP Nadine Dorries has yet to formally resign.
Emma Holland-Lindsay grew up in Beds and recently won a seat from the Conservatives on Central Bedfordshire Council.
— Amy Holmes (@AmyHolmesMedia) June 19, 2023
After a three-cornered contest, Emma Holland-Lindsay has been selected to be the Liberal Democrat candidate in the (presumed) upcoming Parliamentary by-election in Mid Bedfordshire. Emma was elected to Central Bedfordshire Council last month, coming top of the poll in Leighton Linslade South ward. Professionally, she is a member of the senior leadership team at a nationwide women’s charity and has previously worked for national disability charities.
Following the result of the contest to select our candidate, Emma Holland-Lindsay said:
It is an honour to have been selected as the Liberal Democrat candidate for my local area, and I am determined to be a strong local champion for communities across Bedfordshire.
For too long Mid-Bedfordshire has been taken for granted by the Conservative party. Our local health services have been neglected and underfunded, leaving local people unable to see their GP or dentist. It is frankly scandalous what this Government has done to our NHS in Bedfordshire.
I will fight tirelessly for our local health services. We desperately need more GPs and NHS dentists, as well as urgent repairs for Luton and Dunstable Hospital. Frontline NHS workers are this country’s heroes, yet they have been left overstretched and overworked by this Conservative Government.
Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey said:
Emma will make a fantastic member of parliament for Mid-Bedfordshire. Emma is a true local champion and stands up for people across Bedfordshire, and I’ve seen first hand her selfless campaigns to save vital health services.
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4 Comments
Nadine ain’t going to leave Parliament for obvious reasons, therefore no House of Lords means remaining in the Commons. Emma is really our General Election candidate for the seat.
If you want to hear a superb first interview, go to Three Counties radio at just after 5.30 pm today (Tuesday 20th). Emma absolutely nailed the interviewer, refusing to be diverted from what she wanted to say.
Theakes:
It could be that Dorries will hang on, but doing so really queers the pitch for her Tory candidate successor. With the historic majority and opposition divided with Labour the Tories may hang on.
I wish Emma every success, but I seriously doubt there will ever be a by-election. Nadia Dorries’s resignation was predicated on her getting a peerage and that clearly isn’t going to happen. In my view sending out gazillions of emails and letters urging people to go to Mid-Beds is a mistake. There are two by-elections that are actually happening, where we are the challengers. We are obviously doing things in Sommerton and Frome, but Selby and Ainsty has yet to figure in any call to arms. We have always had too few resources, so in my view, we ought to deploy them in actual by-elections, rather than potential by-elections. Winning Mid-Beds will be much easier on the back of wins in other by-elections.