Julia Buckley will be going head to head with sitting Tory MP Tory MP Daniel Kawczynski.
Councillor Julia Buckley, the leader of Shropshire Labour Group and councillor for Bridgnorth West & Tasley, won a ballot held at Belvidere in Shrewsbury on Saturday.
Councillor Buckley said: “ I’m delighted to have been selected to contest Shrewsbury & Atcham for Labour."With my track record as the leader of the Labour group, I am familiar with the key issues here in Shrewsbury. I am ready for a full-time campaign over the next year and I have experience of fighting, and beating the Conservatives in Shropshire.
Councillor Buckley previously stood as her party's parliamentary candidate in 2019 when she secured 19,804 votes during the snap December election, bucking the national swing, before going on to win the local council election in May 2021 with a swing of 15 per cent.
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