Labour triggered the by-election after Rosie Cooper stepped down
The date of a by-election to replace a former West Lancs MP who stepped down to take up a role in the NHS has been set.
READ MORE:First look inside Lancashire's stunning new Asian restaurant with unlikely origins in Formula One “I appreciate this will come as a surprise to many people having recently secured reselection to stand as West Lancashire's Labour Party candidate for the next general election. This was prior to the recruitment process for the Mersey Care position.
“To return to the NHS as Chairman of Mersey Care felt like the right opportunity at the right time. This appointment means I am unable to continue with my other passion of representing the people of West Lancashire as their MP, being their voice and fighting their corner as I have done since 2005.
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