Jane Heggie
The great thing about writing for a site like Pits n Pots is that every so often you get the opportunity to give your 10 penneth to the current hot debate. So here goes - On the 16th of March I wrote the following:
Stoke-on-Trent Central Shortlist Latest
29 Mar 2010
The big story tonight is not who is on the Stoke-on-Trent Central Labour PPC shortlist but who isn't! There will be no women or local candidates. Sarah Hill the City Party Chairman, Stoke South Election Organiser Jane Heggie and former Deputy Elected Mayor Mervyn Smith have NOT made the shortlist. Byron Taylor, who many people thought was a cert to be on the shortlist is another victim of today's interviews in London.
The names that have made the Labour Party longlist for the vacancy for the candidacy of Stoke-on-Trent Central have started to emerge. The two favourites Tristram Hunt and Byron Taylor have made the list as expected.
The latest name to be linked to the Labour Party vacancy in Stoke-on-Trent Central is that of Mike Ion. Mike is a man with a long Labour Party tradition and has certainly got the pedigree to be a serious contender:
Now that the dust is settling on the news that Stoke-on-Trent Central MP Mark Fisher is to step down on health grounds, names are emerging thick and fast for the vacancy As previously reported on this site City Labour Party Chair Sarah Hill and Election Organiser Jane Heggie were the first names to be linked.
