A Wirral councillor who launched a racist tirade against a Labour MP online has not been selected to stand in next year’s elections.
In an email to Conservative colleagues, seen by the ECHO, Cllr David Burgess-Joyce confirmed he had been deselected as one of the party’s candidates for the Greasby, Frankby and Irby ward in next year's all out council votes. The ECHO understands selection meetings for the party’s candidates have been taking place throughout this week.
Cllr Burgess-Joyce, who has represented the ward since 2015 and also sits on the Liverpool City Region scrutiny panel, was suspended by the Conservative Party after making deeply offensive comments about a Black MP. The Wirral West councillor said Labour MP David Lammy had done “more damage to community cohesion than any KKK member” in a Twitter outburst.
