Prospective Candidates For The 2010 Election
In July 2007 former candidate Ali Miraj, who had previously been a candidate for Aberavon in 2001, was dropped from the candidates list by the Conservative party after he complained about David Cameron's leadership style and allegedly after demanding a peerage.
His former campaign manager Ian Oakley, who had been a candidate for Newport East in 2001, was selected for Watford in the first Conservative Party "Open Primary" in November 2006. In July 2008, Oakley, stood down after being arrested for conducting a campaign of harassment against the local Liberal Democrats, for which he was given an 18 week suspended jail sentence and a 12 month supervision order on 13 October 2008.
In December 2008 the Watford Conservative Association selected their new candidate, Richard Harrington. Harrington is a treasurer of the Conservative Party and chairman of the Conservative Friends of Israel.
In August 2008, the Green Party selected their candidate to be Ian Brandon, a member of Hertfordshire County Council representing Callowland/Leggatts.
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