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Bexley councillor quits Labour Party – but won’t be calling a Thamesmead by-election

by Tom Bull, Local Democracy Reporter 25 February, 201919 July, 2023

A councillor who joined Labour when he was still taking his GCSEs has quit the party amid the national fallout over bullying and anti-Semitism. Now-independent councillor Danny Hackett says he will not be calling a by-election after he defected from Labour over the weekend. The councillor – who stood for Parliament in the last election […]

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Greenwich & Woolwich MP Nick Raynsford to stand down

by Darryl Chamberlain 21 March, 201319 July, 2023

Breaking news: Greenwich & Woolwich MP Nick Raynsford is to stand down at the next general election, he told Labour Party members at a meeting in Charlton tonight. Raynsford, who will be 70 at the time of May 2015’s election, has represented the local area since 1992, when he was elected MP for the old […]