Selby and Ainsty by-election: move over Keir Starmer, everyone is 'talking about' Keir Mather
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Labour managed to overturn the Conservative majority of 20,000 in Selby and Ainsty, making 25 year old Keir Mather the UK’s youngest MP
At present, there is only one Keir that everyone talks and writes about when it comes to Labour, but that could be about to change! If Labour take control of Selby and Ainsty on Thursday 20 July 2023 for the first time in 13 years, Keir Mather at 25 will become the UK’s youngest MP.
Sky News reports that “If the opposition is successful it would set a record for the size of a majority overturned-at 20,000 by Labour at a by-election.” Sky News goes on to say that “The Selby seat was left vacant by the resignation of MP Nigel Adams, an ultra-Boris Johnson loyalist who resigned a day after he was snubbed for a peerage.”
Who is Keir Mather?
Keir Mather has previously worked as a parliamentary researcher for shadow health secretary, Wes Streeting, and currently works as a senior public affairs adviser for the Confederation of British Industry.
Keir Mather only follows three people on Twitter, but has 2,444 followers and tweeted them July 19th 2023, saying that “we could make history tomorrow-and you can be part of it.”
Sir Keir Starmer and Keir Mather
Sir Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner recently visited Selby in the run up to the Selby and Ainsty by-election. Sir Keir Starmer was only too happy to pose for photographs with Keir Mather at the Selby Community Centre
Who are the other candidates Keir Mather is standing against?
Keir Mather is standing against Claire Holmes for the Conservatives. Claire works as a local councillor and barrister. The Liberal Democrat candidate is Matt Walker, who is both a local councillor in Knaresborough and an NHS manager.
The other candidates are as follows:
- Greens: - Arnold Warneken
- Independent - Andrew Gray
- Yorkshire Party - Mike Jordan
- Reform UK - Dave Kent
- Independent - Nick Palmer
- Heritage Party - Guy Phoenix
- Official Monster Raving Loony - Sir Archibald Stanton
- Social Democratic Party - John Waterston
- Climate Party - Luke Wellock
- Independent - Tyler Wilson-Kerr