04:14PM, Friday 05 May 2017
Jack Rankin
Royal Borough councillor Jack Rankin has confirmed he will be standing to become an MP in the forthcoming General Election in Ashton-under-Lyne.
The Conservative councillor for Castle Without faces a tough battle to unseat Labour candidate Angela Rayner, who won the seat with a 10,756 majority in 2015.
The councillor said: "I was fortunate to be selected and I'm delighted.
"I was born there, it was where I went to school and spent the first 21 years of my life, so it's an area I know well."
Cllr Rankin will be travelling up north to begin his campaign tomorrow (Saturday) and he was looking forward to begin his campaign.
He added: "I will continue with my council commitments during the campaign."
Most read
Archive M4 image.
Top Articles
Archive Elizabeth line train image.
All train lines between London Paddington and Reading have closed while emergency services respond to an incident, National Rail has said.
A 'major' police presence and forensics were spotted at a property on Boyn Hill Road yesterday (Thursday).
Planned track closures are impacting trains to and from Maidenhead, Burnham and Taplow on the Elizabeth Line.
© Copyright 2024 Baylis Community Media CIC All right reserved
