Liz McInnes selected as Labour candidate for Heywood and Middleton

Liz McInnes with supporters after her selection

Labour Party members tonight (Monday 15 September) elected Liz McInnes to be Labour’s candidate for Heywood and Middleton at the by-election on 9 October.

Ms McInnes lives in Rossendale, where she is a councillor, with her 17-year-old son. She was born in Oldham and lived in Middleton for 11 years.

She works at the Royal Oldham Hospital as a biochemist.

Liz McInnes, said: “I am delighted to have been selected as Labour’s candidate in Heywood and Middleton.

“Jim Dobbin was a true public servant – first serving our NHS and then as our local MP – and he will be greatly missed. So I am deeply honoured that local people have chosen me to be Labour’s candidate in this by-election.

“People in Heywood and Middleton have been let down by this Tory-led Government. For working people things are getting tougher. Getting a doctor’s appointment is too difficult and people are worried about the future of Rochdale Infirmary, North Manchester General and Fairfield General. And we all know that UKIP aren’t the answer – they don’t share our values.

“Only Labour can make Britain better off, putting hardworking families first with a plan to tackle the cost-of-living crisis. Only Labour will stop the Tory privatisation of our most treasured institution – the NHS. Only Labour will stick up for people in Heywood and Middleton, I am looking forward to leading that fight.”