A man whose family own a large English estate and a second home in Pembrokeshire has been selected as a Welsh Labour general election candidate. Henry Tufnell, 30, will stand in the new seat of Mid and South Pembrokeshire despite some raising concerns about his connection to the area.
Critics have blasted the selection process and questioned him over his Pembrokeshire links. Especially given the fact he was selected over two more well-known women who were assumed to battle it out for the nomination. Former MEP and current Cardiff councillor Jackie Jones and Philippa Thompson, a former aide to the now Health Minister Eluned Morgan, seemed more likely candidates.
Mr Tufnell's selection comes just months after he tried - and failed - to stand in the Essex seat of Colchester, but didn’t make the long list. He's since decamped to a second home owned by his mother - who in 2021 was the High Sheriff of Gloucestershire - near St Davids, from where he ran his campaign to be selected.
