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Tories pick local councillor for Selby and Ainsty seat after Johnson ally quits

Claire Holmes is Conservative candidate to be MP in seat Nigel Adams suddenly stood down from after winning large majority

The Guardian - UK · Jun 18, 2023

By-election date confirmed for Boris Johnson’s London constituency

Conservatives will defend two by-elections in Uxbridge and South Ruislip and Selby and Ainsty on July 20

Evening Standard · Jun 15, 2023

OPINION - It’s Starmtroopers vs Rishi’s irregulars in the battle of MP selections

It’s by-election season in Westminster — and more’s at stake than simply whether Team Boris’s kamikaze mission to wound Rishi Sunak with three MP resignations will have its desired effect. After the former prime minister and his two supporters – Nigel Adams and Nadine Dorries – quit in a row…

Evening Standard · Jun 15, 2023

Sunak faces test as another Johnson ally quits triggering third byelection

Nigel Adams, MP for Selby and Ainsty, announced on Saturday he would stand down with immediate effect

The Guardian - UK · Jun 10, 2023

Nigel Adams becomes third Tory MP to quit in 24 hours triggering by-election

Nigel Adams, an ally of Boris Johnson, has announced on Twitter he will be standing down with "immediate effect", triggering a by-election in his Selby and Ainsty constituency.

Evening Standard · Jun 10, 2023

Former Financial Times journalist shortlisted to be Tory election candidate

Sebastian Payne put himself forward to be the Tory candidate for Selby and Ainsty in Yorkshire and has made the shortlist ...

The National (Scotland) · Jun 2, 2023

Police search over as boy, 14, missing over Easter after trip to town centre is found

North Yorkshire Police have launched an urgent search for a 14-year-old boy who went missing over Easter after a trip to his local town centre and never returned home

Daily Mirror · Apr 9, 2023

National Highways may have to reverse burial of Victorian railway bridge

Selby council says roads agency, accused of ‘cultural vandalism’, must apply for planning permission

The Guardian - UK · Dec 19, 2022

England fan spared jail after sending "disgraceful, racist" email to Gareth Southgate

Brian Martin, 36 and with an address in Selby, sent the horrific abuse to Southgate after England’s Nations League defeat to Hungary in June. He said that he will appeal the conviction because his "human rights have been breached"

Daily Mirror · Dec 13, 2022

England fan, 36, found guilty of sending racist email to Gareth Southgate

Brian Martin, from Selby in north Yorkshire, was found guilty at York Magistrates Court yesterday as prosecutors send warning to supporters during World Cup

Daily Mirror · Nov 22, 2022