General Election 2017: Graeme Currie to stand for Labour in North Shropshire
Labour has announced its candidate to stand for the North Shropshire seat in the General Election.
Graeme Currie from Bagley near Ellesmere, has been confirmed as the party's parliamentary candidate.
He will be competing for the seat against Owen Paterson of the Conservative Party, who has held the North Shropshire seat for 20 years.
Mr Currie was the Labour Candidate in the 2015 General Election.
He is married to Lorraine and they have two children Grace, 23, and Ethan, 20.
Mr Currie is a qualified social worker, who runs his own independent social work business.
The 60-year-old moved to North Shropshire 14 years ago from Manchester.
He also previously ran as Labour’s Candidate for Shropshire Council in Oswestry in 2013 and in his home area of Ruyton and Baschurch in this year’s local elections.
Mr Currie said: "I'm delighted to be selected again to represent the Labour Party in North Shropshire. Theresa May has called this election to force through her own version of a one party state. This is not good for Britain and it is not good for North Shropshire.
"I look forward to meeting with and listening to the people of North Shropshire in the next few weeks.
"The Tories are failing in their last election pledges. Labour offers popular policies and a vision for a fairer and more equal Britain.
"I look forward to putting forward the Labour plan for a better Britain, a country less divided with opportunities for all and not just the privileged few.
"We need a new broom and a new fresh voice to speak up for all the people of North Shropshire."
