UK: Party invitation is 'women only'

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'HIGH Peak looks set to have a female Labour candidate at the next election after the local party proposed an all-woman shortlist.

Constituency Chairman Alan Barrow said "At our meeting on Friday an overwhelming majority of members present favoured an all women shortlist."

"With several examples of high performing women locally including former Chapel County Councillor Anne Western who is now leader of the Labour group on the county council and the current Leader and Deputy Leader of the High Peak Borough Council's Labour group, it was an easy decision to reach," he said.

Buxton Councillor Caitlin Bisknell is the leader of the Labour Group on High Peak Borough Council while Jacqui Wilkinson from Glossop is the deputy leader.

Procedure Secretary Cllr Anthony McKeown, said: "Our local decision now goes to the national party for agreement and a timetable for the selection will then be put in place."

The move follows Labour's High Peak MP Tom Levitt's announcement that he is to stand down at the next election.'