Labour hardliners gunning for the Tories
÷ STEVEN SAXBY ( Cities of London and Westminster – Tory majority 3,148): A YouTube clip from 2015 shows him speaking with firebrand former MP George Galloway at a mosque in East London, accusing the Government of ‘extremism’ by bombing Syria, and claiming it was ‘stigmatising Muslim children’ with its anti-radicalisation Prevent strategy. ÷ EMILY OWEN (Aberconwy – Tory majority 35): The 23-year-old was Momentum’s first-choice candidate. The social policy graduate, who works at Llandudno football club, describes herself as a ‘socialist, trade-unionist, working-class feminist and humanitarian’. At last year’s election she complained after receiving messages about her bra size and what sex acts she would perform for votes. ÷ FIONA DERBYSHIRE (York Outer – Tory majority 8,289): The local Momentum group has pledged it will be ‘mobilising everything’ to get the councillor elected. Her union backers included the unions the GMB and Unite. ÷ CHARLYNNE PULLEN (Milton Keynes North – Tory majority 1,915): The former Unite rep won with Momentum’s backing after telling local members that she wanted Labour to work with trade unions to oppose austerity. She spent four years as a local councillor in Islington. Momentum founder Jon Lansman tweeted that she would make ‘a great MP’. ÷ MARK MCDONALD (Stoke-onTrent South – Tory majority 3): The Momentum-backed human rights barrister has given legal advice to Jeremy Corbyn and hard-Left activist Tony Greenstein, who is suspended from the party after claiming Margaret Thatcher was ‘obviously legitimate’ as an IRA target and ‘Zionists collaborated with the Nazis’. Mr McDonald is a founder of the Labour Friends of Palestine and the Middle East group. ÷ PETER CHOWNEY (Hastings and Rye – Tory majority 34 ): The council leader has been chosen again to stand against Home Secretary Amber Rudd after signing Momentum’s loyalty oath, which asks would-be MPs to swear allegiance to Jeremy Corbyn’s political objectives. He backed Mr Corbyn in both leadership contests. ÷ PAUL FARMER (Camborne and Redruth – Tory majority 1,577): A former bus driver and Unite activist, he was backed by Unite, the GMB, the Bakers’ Union and Momentum. Following his selection, he told local members ‘meur ras’, which is thank you in Cornish. ÷ DEBBIE BANNIGAN (Rugby Tory majority 8,212): Momentum told supporters it was ‘imperative’ that they backed the shared Abbott charity at a platform Labour’s chief executive, with Party Diane conference. who the radical It said vision she of ‘embraces a Labour Party led by Jeremy Corbyn’. ÷ KAREN DAVIS (Norwich North – Tory majority 507): The councillor and ex-squatter gained Momentum’s backing after winning the support of MP Clive Lewis, a Corbyn ally who called her a ‘force of nature’. She is a member of three unions. ÷ GREG MARSHALL (Broxtowe – Tory majority 8 3): Mr Lansman – tweeted that Mr Marxhall will be ‘a great socialist MP’. ÷ JULIE HILLING (Bolton West – Tory majority 93 ): The former Labour MP and union official is hoping to reclaim the seat she held from 2010 to 2015. Before entering politics, was a senior organiser at the TSSA rail union, which has been a staunch backer of Jeremy Corbyn. On 1 January she tweeted: ‘Here’s hoping for Jeremy Corbyn in No10 by the end of the year!’ ÷ GARETH EALES (Northampton South – Tory majority 1,159): The postman and councillor ousted a moderate who stood in the seat at the past two elections after winning the backing of Momentum and ten unions, including the TSSA, Aslef, Usdaw and the CWU. ÷ LIZ SAVAGE (Southport – Tory majority 2,914): The supply teacher won the selection with the backing of unions Unite, Usdaw, CWU, GMB and Unison. She was also endorsed by Labour MP Dan Carden, who was union leader Len McCluskey’s bag carrier until he was elected in June. ÷ FRAN BOAIT (Gloucester – Tory majority 5,520): The former Green Party candidate won the backing of arch-Corbynista and ex-journalist Paul Mason and the TSSA union. In her campaign, she told local members about she had ‘developed good relationship with John McDonnell and his team’ in her job as a campaigner against quantitative easing. She unsuccessfully contested an Islington Council ward for the Greens in 2014. ÷ CHERYL PIDGEON (Rushcliffe – Tory majority 8,010): The union official was backed by hard-Left figures including Corbyn ally Chris Williamson. Mr Lansman tweeted his ‘delight’ at her selection. She was once TUC Midlands regional secretary. The seat has been held by Tory former Cabinet minister Ken Clarke since 1970. In 201 , he said he would retire before the next election, which was then planned for 2020, but ran when the snap election was called.