Tories pick ex-councillor to contest Starmer's seat
Cameron was a councillor for the Belsize ward from 1998 to 2002 and sat on the council's development control committee. He stood again in May's borough elections, finishing 10th of 14 candidates in West Hampstead with 376 votes.He said he was "honoured" to have been selected to stand in next month's by-election. Nominations close at 16:00 BST on Tuesday.Listen to the best of BBC Radio London on Sounds and follow BBC London on Facebook, external, X, external and Instagram, external.
- ▪Cameron was a councillor for the Belsize ward from 1998 to 2002 and sat on the council's development control committee.
- ▪He stood again in May's borough elections, finishing 10th of 14 candidates in West Hampstead with 376 votes.He said he was "honoured" to have been selected to stand in next month's by-election.
- ▪Nominations close at 16:00 BST on Tuesday.Listen to the best of BBC Radio London on Sounds and follow BBC London on Facebook, external, X, external and Instagram, external.
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Tories pick ex-councillor to contest Starmer's seatImage source, ConservativesImage caption, Ewan Cameron is a former councillor Published8 minutes agoThe Conservatives have selected former Camden councillor Ewan Cameron as the party's candidate in the Holborn and St Pancras by-election on 8 October.The seat became vacant when Sir Keir Starmer stood down as an MP to take a role in international affairs. Cameron was a councillor for the Belsize ward from 1998 to 2002 and sat on the council's development control committee. He stood again in May's borough elections, finishing 10th of 14 candidates in West Hampstead with 376 votes.He said he was "honoured" to have been selected to stand in next month's by-election.
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