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Cynon Valley Labour MP Ann Clwyd candidate bid decision Cynon Valley Labour MP Ann Clwyd wins fight to defend her seat
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MP Ann Clwyd will learn later if Labour will choose her as its candidate to defend her Cynon Valley seat at the 2015 General Election. MP Ann Clwyd has won the selection process to defend her Cynon Valley seat at the 2015 General Election.
The 77-year-old MP announced in February she would retire after more than 30 years in Parliament but said in September she had changed her mind.The 77-year-old MP announced in February she would retire after more than 30 years in Parliament but said in September she had changed her mind.
Labour officials said she would have to seek re-selection as it had already started the process of replacing her. Ms Clwyd faced three other contenders on an all-women shortlist.
Ms Clwyd faces three other contenders on an all-women shortlist. Labour officials had said she would have to seek re-selection as the party had already started the process of replacing her.
They are PCS union official Katie Antippas, from Cardiff; Rhondda Cynon Taf councillor Sue Pickering; and scientist Aysha Raza, a Labour councillor in Ealing, west London, originally from Aberdare. The other candidates were PCS union official Katie Antippas, from Cardiff; Rhondda Cynon Taf councillor Sue Pickering; and scientist Aysha Raza, a Labour councillor in Ealing, west London, originally from Aberdare.
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Ms Clwyd has represented the Cynon Valley seat in south Wales since winning a by-election there in 1984.Ms Clwyd has represented the Cynon Valley seat in south Wales since winning a by-election there in 1984.
She said in September that local voters had asked her to reconsider her retirement, adding that she then received a "very enthusiastic" reaction to her change of heart.She said in September that local voters had asked her to reconsider her retirement, adding that she then received a "very enthusiastic" reaction to her change of heart.
It followed a row over Labour's decision to use an all-women shortlist to select her successor, which had been strongly opposed by local party officials.It followed a row over Labour's decision to use an all-women shortlist to select her successor, which had been strongly opposed by local party officials.
Local party members will vote for their preferred candidate after the contenders speak and take questions at a meeting in Aberdare on Saturday.
A former Labour shadow minister, Ms Clwyd has been outspoken on the state of the NHS following failings in the care of her husband in the days leading up to his death at Cardiff's University Hospital of Wales.
David Cameron subsequently appointed her as an adviser on how hospitals in England should handle complaints.
Ms Clwyd has also been a campaigner and special envoy on human rights in Iraq, particularly concerned with the plight of the Kurdish community.