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Oosthuysen picked to fight Calder Valley seat
Hebden Royd town councillor Janet Oosthuysen, pictured, has been chosen as Labour's prospective Parliamentary candidate for the Calder Valley.
She will stand instead of Chris McCafferty who has been the MP since 1997 and has decided to retire at the next General Election.
The two other candidates shortlisted were trades union activist Jane Lewis, of Bury, and Stephenie Booth, who is married to Cherie Blair's father, Tony Booth, and has lived in Todmorden for the past three years.
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