The race to be the Labour candidate in the new Bristol North East constituency got underway today, with a second directly-elected mayor announcing he is standing for the role. Damien Egan, who is the Mayor of Lewisham in south London, grew up in Kingswood and Staple Hill.
He has put his name forward to be the Labour candidate standing to be the first MP of the new constituency at the next General Election. Bristol’s Mayor Marvin Rees has previously indicated he will seek the Labour Party nomination and yesterday formally announced his application to be the candidate. So far no other local politician or Labour activist has publicly thrown their hat into the ring to challenge him - until now.
Mr Egan is today (Friday) launching his bid to be Labour’s candidate, in what is widely-recognised will be a fairly safe Labour seat at the next election. Mr Egan, who has spoken about how he experienced homelessness as a child, said he was standing with a message to Labour members and voters that ‘there is a better way’ to do politics in the city.
