Should be a Labour hold.
UKIP still haven't chosen their candidate I believe. At 2010, they had an 18-19 year old local guy run and he wants to be their candidate for the by-election. Although I read that Paul Nuttall wants to be their candidate here too.
They won't pick their 2010 candidate, surely and I can't see Paul Nuttall connecting here, especially if Labour go for a local.
Applications for Labour opened Saturday morning and close tomorrow with shortlisting on Wednesday, they're not wasting any time. I think they want a good result here after a pretty poor showing to UKIP in South Shields.
Indeed. Do we know if the by-election will be held before the Euros? If so, a solid result for Labour will give them some good headlines building up to the May elections, same of course, with UKIP.
