Georgina Gould
Common sense has prevailed in the safe labour constituency of Erith and Thamesmead in south-east London.
The attempt by the 22 year old daughter of Tony Blair's polling guru Philip Gould, ended in defeat yesterday after she came a poor third in a better and brutal fight that has been filled with charges of nepotism and marred by a vote-rigging scandal and charges of dirty tricks.
Party members chose Teresa Pearce, a 54 year old former Labour councillor and tax expert with PricewaterhouseCoopers. Second was the former Labour minister Melanie Johnson, with Ms Gould in a distant third place.
It was a ludicrous idea to think a 22 year old would make a competent member of parliament in the first place. Do hope labour HQ take this result seriously.
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