David Henry selected to stand for MP

We are pleased to announce local campaigner David Henry has been selected by a majority vote to stand on behalf of the Hazel Must Go Campaign at the 2010 General Election. The selection took place during a public meeting on Thursday evening.

He will contest the new Salford & Eccles constituency Seat.

More information will be posted soon… in the meantime here’s the media coverage:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/8499888.stm

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1191779_candidate_chosen_to_fight_for_hazel_blears_salford_seat

http://www.salfordstar.com/article.asp?id=468

http://www.salfordonline.com/localnews.php?func=viewdetails&vdetails=18154

Hazel Blears has responded to David’s nomination:

Salford Online: Salford MP’s Response to Hazel Must Go Selection
Responding to news that David Henry has been selected to stand at the General Election, Hazel Blears MP said: “It’s always good to see young people getting involved in politics. This is what democracy is all about.”

You can follow David’s election campaign on Twitter: http://twitter.com/DavidHenryPPC

Candidate Selection Night

This evening the people of Salford will be able to select an alternative parliamentary candidate to challenge Hazel Blears at the next General Election, backed by this campaign.

Since November we have called on ordinary, local people to come forward and put their names on the list. We’ve had quite a lot of interest, but as you can understand running for parliament in one of the most closely contended seats in the country is no easy task.

Candidates: Alec McFadden (left) , Rachel Cavendish (middle), David Henry (right)

We are pleased to announce Alec McFadden, Rachel Cavendish and David Henry will be speaking at a public meeting this evening – putting the voices of the people of Salford & Eccles back on the agenda.

The meeting will start at 7pm, Thursday 4th Jan 2010 at the Old Pint Pot Pub, off Salford Crescent.

For more information see out Facebook Event page

Blears: Prepare to be challenged – “like never before”

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Salford Advertiser: ”Group to Run Against Hazel” (November 5th 2009)

By Pamela Welsh

CAMPAIGNERS hoping to oust Salford MP Hazel Blears from her seat say they will put another candidate up against her.

The Hazel Must Go campaign had issued the Salford MP with an ultimatum to resign her seat before Halloween or they would field another candidate against her. But at a public meeting on Monday, November 2nd they said she had not stood down and signalled their intention to put a local candidate against her. Campaign secretary Steve North said: “We are making an announcement that we are going to be looking for a candidate to stand against Hazel Blears at the next election. “We issued her with an ultimatum that if she did not stand down by the Halloween deadline, we would put someone up against her. “She emailed the campaign on Friday to tell us that she had no intention of standing down so the campaign begins now.” The group made the call at a meeting last month, which featured journalist-turned-politician Martin Bell.

The Hazel Must Go campaign, a coalition of left-wing activists and residents, was formed in response to the row over MPs expenses this summer. Ms Blears survived a vote of confidence from her local Labour party in June. Monday’s meeting took place outside the former Adelphi Post Office which closed last year. Steve said: “We chose to have the announcement here because we feel it is indicative of Hazel’s failures. “A lot of people thought our campaign was solely about expenses but it is more about Hazel’s voting record.” She voted for a programme of post office closures in Parliament despite saying she would fight against the Adelphi closure.” He continued: “The campaign begins now. “We are looking for a candidate who wants to stand up for the people of Salford. “We’ll be out everywhere campaigning, canvassing and doorknocking.

 

Find out for yourself how Hazel has voted to comdemn thousands of Post Offices to closure – including several in Salford – Check out her voting record  on Post Office Closures (PublicWhip)

Back in September Martin Bell told Salford he hopes the city finds “local heroes” willing to run at the next general election. He confirmed he will stand aside and allow them to come for in a race which he predicted will see Hazel Blears “Challenged – like she has never been challenged before (Videos)”.