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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Liam Thorp

'I've still got a miner's lamp in my office' - how Gillian Keegan went from Huyton to the Tory front bench

Huyton is an unlikely breeding ground for Conservatives.

The Knowsley constituency that covers the town saw just 8% of votes go to the Tories at the last General Election, while this year's Knowsley Council elections continued a common theme in that zero Conservatives were elected.

So how did a young girl born in Huyton grow up to become one of the rising stars of the Tory party and to hold one of the most senior political positions in the country?

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