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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Edward Barnes

Councillor claims 'dark forces' in Wirral Tory Party stopped him standing

A controversial Wirral councillor has alleged “dark forces” within the Conservative Party have prevented him from standing in this year’s council elections.

Councillor David Burgess-Joyce currently represents Greasby, Frankby and Irby on the Wirral but had been selected as a candidate for Heswall in the upcoming council elections.

This was because in July 2022, he was deselected by his local party meaning he could no longer stand as a councillor there.

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