Liverpool Labour's Theresa Griffin to fight BNP's Nick Griffin at 2014 European elections
LIVERPOOL Labour party member Theresa Griffin has been selected to fight the European election in 2014.
Ms Griffin narrowly missed out on a seat in 2009 as the number three on the Labour party list - when Nick Griffin sneaked a seat for the BNP.
Next year Arlene McCarthy will top the Labour list, but the other sitting MEP Brian Simpson is retiring. Opening the prospect for Ms Griffin to be second on the list and secure another Merseyside MEP.
Ms Griffin is currently a regional organiser for UNISON, and was a city councillor in the 1990s representing Netherley.
She said: "I am delighted to have been shortlisted for the European Elections in 2014 and look forward to working as part of a campaigning Labour team.
"I want to be a strong voice for Merseyside and the North West in Europe - fighting for a European Youth Jobs Guarantee, bringing more inward investment into Liverpool City Region and keeping public services public.
"I look forward to taking the fight to the far-right and BNP and playing my part in getting rid of Nick Griffin."
Other shortlisted candidates for the Labour list are: Angeliki Stogia (Manchester), Steve Carter (Macclesfield), Kevin Doran (Brussels), Afzal Khan (Manchester), Olwen Hamar (Stoke), Wajid Khan (Burnley), Pascale Lamb (London).
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Just a quick correction David. I'd fully expect Theresa to win a seat if she is number 2 on Labour's list this time. She also stands a decent chance of winning if she is selected as number 3.
However, Labour would have needed nearly an extra 60,000 votes to win a 3rd seat in 2009. For completeness, the number of votes the other parties would have needed to stop Nick Griffin winning a seat would have been:
UKIP 2,388 votes for a 2nd seat
Greens 4,961 votes for 1st seat
Lib Dems 28,439 votes for a 2nd seat
Labour 59,361 votes for a 3rd seat
Tories 105,082 votes for a 4th seat
For accuracy, I think Labour shouldn't really be saying that they narrowly missed out. That is true only for UKIP and the Greens.
Why should we vote for a party that doesn't believe in a referendum on the EU despite promising us one in Labour's manifesto in 2006. We're still waiting ....
I'll be voting UKIP.
Google "Labour 25"