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Northampton Labour candidate kicked out of party

Labour infighting ahead of May's elections

NN Journal
Apr 27, 2021
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By Natalie Bloomer

Graham Croucher is the Labour candidate for Sixfields

A Labour candidate standing for Sixfields in Northampton has been kicked out of the party, causing upset ahead of the local elections next month.

Graham Croucher, a well known local campaigner in the St James area of Northampton and Labour member since 2013, was selected to stand for the West Northamptonshire Council by party members. However he also decided to stand as an independent candidate in the St James ward for the town council. 

This meant he would be standing against a Labour candidate (Rufia Ashraf) which the party says means he can not remain a member. A decision he says he has appealed against. 

Croucher told NN Journal that he was asked to stand in St James for the town council by the committee of the local residents’ association which he is a…

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