Danczuk barred from standing as Labour candidate at General Election

Date published: 01 May 2017


Rochdale MP Simon Danczuk will not be the Labour party’s candidate for Rochdale in the general election.

A Labour party spokesperson said. “The Labour party’s NEC endorsement panel unanimously recommended that he should not be endorsed as a Labour candidate.

“He will not be able to stand as a Labour candidate in any constituency at the general election.”

Mr Danczk, who has been involved in a long catalogue of scandals, has been suspended from the party since December 2015 after he sent sex messages to a 17-year-old girl who was seeking a job.

Mr Danczuk had not responded to an invitation to comment at the time of publication.

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