Coun Milburn is convinced there’s a chance to take the seat in a town which has never elected a Conservative MP, and which Labour holds with a majority of more than 11,000.
He said: “I think Miliband has left us in the lurch.
“And while there is the cost of a by-election to consider, it does mean there is a chance for people to vote for a change.”
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Article for Labours potential candidate
SOUTH Tyneside Council leader Coun Iain Malcolm is already being mentioned as a possible contender for David Miliband’s South Shields seat.
He may feel the time is right to leave town hall politics and step up to the national stage.
Mr Miliband’s decision to stand down to take up a job with the charity International Rescue in New York will spark a May by-election.
He retained the seat for a third stint as MP at the 2010 election, with a majority of 11,109.
But much of his time since he was beaten to the Labour leadership by brother Ed has been spent on non-Parliamentary and non-constituency business.
He has long faced criticism in South Tyneside for the fact he was ‘parachuted in’ to the safe Labour seat in 2001, when he succeeded Dr David Clark as the town’s MP.
As a councillor since 1988, Coun Malcolm would face no such criticism.
If Labour get the parachute out again and airdrop a luvvy or a unionite in I feel that could do for them here.
Mr Miliband’s decision to stand down to take up a job with the charity International Rescue in New York will spark a May by-election.
He retained the seat for a third stint as MP at the 2010 election, with a majority of 11,109.
But much of his time since he was beaten to the Labour leadership by brother Ed has been spent on non-Parliamentary and non-constituency business.
He has long faced criticism in South Tyneside for the fact he was ‘parachuted in’ to the safe Labour seat in 2001, when he succeeded Dr David Clark as the town’s MP.
As a councillor since 1988, Coun Malcolm would face no such criticism.
If Labour get the parachute out again and airdrop a luvvy or a unionite in I feel that could do for them here.
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