On May 7 I’ll be standing against Gloria De Piero, Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities, in Ashfield.
The seat had historically been a safe Labour seat, and Geoff Hoon used to secure 10,000+ majorities. In 2010 former Sky presenter Gloria De Piero was selected from an all-women shortlist, and retained the seat with only 192 votes more than her Lib Dem rival, Jason Zadrozny, a popular local politician.
Zadrozny has been arrested, and suspended by the Lib Dems, over historical sex abuse allegations – here – which he vehemently refutes.