All you need to know ahead of next week
Voters across West Lancashire will head to the ballot boxes in February as they elect their next Member of Parliament .
Announcing the decision last year, Ms Cooper said: "This appointment means I am unable to continue with my other passion of representing the people of West Lancashire as their MP, being their voice and fighting their corner, as I have done since 2005.” Who was the previous MP? Rosie Cooper served as the West Lancashire MP for 17 years after first winning the seat in 2005. She was a Labour MP and last won the seat in 2019 with a majority of 8,336.
Ms Cooper, who was the target of a murder plot by a neo-Nazi in 2017, also said the events she had faced over recent years had “taken their toll”. Jack Renshaw, of Skelmersdale, Lancashire, is currently serving a life sentence for planning to kill her.There are six candidates standing in the by-election. They are:
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