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Cynon Valley Labour MP Ann Clwyd wins fight to defend her seat | |
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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. |
Ms Clwyd faced 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. | |
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. | |
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. |