Jonathan Roberts in Thirsk & Malton

It’s always interesting to see how my former assistants progress and I was particularly pleased to see Jonathan Roberts selected as Labour’s prospective parliamentary candidate for Thirsk and Malton.

Jonathan, who’s from Thirsk, worked in my constituency office for just over a year and is well versed in criss-crossing north Yorkshire, which is a good job because the Thirsk and Malton constituency goes right from Skipton-on-Swale to Filey on the east coast!

He has just launched his website which you can view at www.jonathanroberts.org.uk

On the subject of elections I suppose it would be remiss not to mention Crewe and Nantwich, though there is very little which hasn’t already been said. However, if Labour can go another 30 years without losing a by-election to the Conservatives we’ll be doing alright!