Councillor Iain Lindley has been selected as the Prospective Conservative MP for the new Worsley & Eccles South constituency. Iain, who has represented Walkden South ward on Salford City Council since 2004, was adopted by a Special General Meeting of Party members on Thursday night and will now be the Conservative candidate for the constituency at the next General Election.
Speaking to members after his adoption, Iain said:
“It is a huge honour and privilege to have been selected as the Prospective Conservative MP for the new Worsley & Eccles South constituency. I grew up here, attended Walkden High School and I am proud to call it my home.
The communities which make up the new constituency of Worsley & Eccles South have been let down and taken for granted by the Labour Party both locally and nationally - the resounding defeat last month of Labour’s Congestion Charge is just the latest example of just how out-of-touch Labour have become from local needs and concerns.
Local residents from Little Hulton to Cadishead now have a real chance for real change with the Conservatives, and I am looking forward to the challenge ahead.”
Councillor Robin Garrido, Chairman of the City of Salford Conservatives, said:
“I am delighted that Iain has been selected to fight what is now the most marginal seat within the area and I am confident that with the reputation that Iain had already achieved for ‘getting things done’ as a Councillor, many local people will be switching their votes to him and this constituency, for the first time in living memory, will be represented by a local Conservative.”
Following boundary changes, the new Worsley & Eccles South constituency includes the wards of; Worsley, Boothstown & Ellenbrook, Walkden North, Walkden South, Little Hulton, Barton, Winton, Irlam and Cadishead. At the last set of local elections, Conservative candidates held a lead of 12% over the Labour Party across the new constituency.
