Tories reveal Makerfield by-election candidate with warning 'by-election not about Andy Burnham or Nigel Farage’s ego'
The Conservative Party has announced Michael Winstanley as their candidate in the Makerfield by-election to contest Labour's Andy Burnham and Reform's Robert Kenyon on June 18.
Mr Winstanley was born and lives in Makerfield, having grown up above his parents’ corner shop in Ashton-in-Makerfield - joining the party aged 17.
In 1997, Winstanley was selected as the Conservative candidate for the Makerfield constituency, later being elected as Wigan councillor for Orrell in 2000, where he served for 16 years.
The eager candidate said: “I am honoured to have been selected as the Conservative candidate for Makerfield. This is the community where I grew up and where I have spent my life working, volunteering and serving local people."
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