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Unite member McInnes clinches election selection

Unite member Liz McInnes was celebrating yesterday after winning a controversial Labour selection fight for the Heywood and Middleton by-election.

Ms McInnes’s name will be on ballot papers in the October 9 by-election — called after former MP Jim Dobbin died last week on a parliamentary trip to Poland.

Health scientist and Lancashire councillor McInnes won the support of local members in a selection meeting held on Monday evening.

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