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   Keith Sansum1 wrote:

  Well in Tower hamlets there are some serious contenders against labour who should win it
  Mr Glayzier already a ukip district Cllr could upset the apple cart or has ukip lost its support?
  
  Also an outsider is becky s/bridge for the greens always out there as a candidate.
  Having lost one seat in tower hamlets you would have thought they would have found a local living candidate.
  
  
  In St Rads ward it appears only 1 lives in the ward and again its NOT the labour candidate.
  
  Is Labour taking the electorate for granted in these 2 wards?
  did they not learn the lessons of the priory by election? obviously not'
  that again could be costly to them.

  
  
  Whilst I agree that selecting a candidate that is actually living in the ward is usually more desirable, it does presuppose that the parties in question get candidates from those wards putting themselves forward. Unfortunately that isn't always the case. I know that Labour actively encourage members from within the ward to step forward but still it doesn't always happen.

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