Richmond Park by-election.

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Looks like this will be a three way fight between Goldsmith, the Lib Dems and the Tories unless of course the latter decide not to put up a candidate.

Goldsmith will be hoping he runs this campaign better than he did his disastrous mayoral one.

Conservative MP Zac Goldsmith has resigned, forcing a by-election in his constituency in a protest against the government's backing for a new runway at Heathrow Airport.

Beeb said:

Mr Goldsmith, who called the Heathrow decision "catastrophic", is expected to run as an independent candidate.

The last few elections:

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Welshbeef said:

Torys are not going to stand.

So what you'll have are 3 candidates all anti 3rd runway... kind of pointless

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/zac-goldsmith-conservatives-vow-not-to-field-candidate-in-richmond-park-byelection-after-mp-quits-a3378666.html

Yes probably a wise decision really as they would have potentially handed the seat to the lib Dems.

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"Put the national interest first"? More like saving themselves from a dire result.


Labour frontbenchers have called on the party not to put forward a candidate to run against Zac Goldsmith in the forthcoming Richmond Park byelection, to give the Liberal Democrats a clear path to try to snatch the seat. Clive Lewis, the shadow business secretary, Jonathan Reynolds, the shadow City minister, and Lisa Nandy, a former shadow cabinet minister, said Labour should “put the national interest first” by doing what it could to reduce the Conservatives’ majority.

Edited by BlackLabel on Wednesday 26th October 21:15

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Tim Farron is going to be even more smug than he usually is if the Lib Dems win this.

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I see Goldsmith is running again in Richmond Park despite no change to the policy he resigned over in October.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-397214...