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Green party candidate for Makerfield byelection quits after less than 12 hours

quits after less than 12 hours The Green party’s candidate for the Makerfield byelection has withdrawn from the ballot less than 12 hours after being announced. Chris Kennedy

Greens select nurse and ‘committed local campaigner’ as Makerfield byelection candidate

Green party has chosen “a committed local campaigner” as its candidate in the [Makerfield byelection](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/makerfield-byelection) which is due to take place on 18 June. Chris Kennedy, a nurse and children’s safeguarding

Burnham to launch byelection campaign as Green candidate quits after just nine hours – UK politics live

quits after just nine hours – UK politics live From Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of UK politics. **Andy Burnham is set to officially launch his campaign as the Labour candidate

Burnham: 'People in Britain can't afford a good life'

quite broken and people lose faith completely." The 56-year-old, who held senior cabinet positions in the Tony Blair and Gordon Brown governments, stepped away from Westminster politics in 2017. However, he announced