BRITAIN: Benn, 82, seeks to get back as MP.TONY Benn Anthony "Tony" Neil Wedgwood Benn (born 3 April 1925), formerly 2nd Viscount Stansgate, is a British socialist politician. He was instrumental in the creation of the Peerage Act 1963. plans to stage a return to politics despite his retirement in 2001, he said last night. The 82-year-old, who previously stood for Labour in Chesterfield, wants to be the party's candidate for the borough of Kensington. He said: "There's a general election on the way and Kensington is looking for a candidate. I've written to them to see if I can stand. "If they would like me to stand I would like to be there. "I'm not sure if I would be selected but I'd like to do it. I don't think my age would be a problem. "I believe in saying the same thing inside and outside parliament. "I believe in peace, not taxing students with enormous loans and securing a referendum on the EU." The Kensington constituency, submerged into Kensington and Chelsea Kensington and Chelsea, inner borough (1991 pop. 127,600) of Greater London, SE England. Kensington is largely residential with fashionable shopping streets and several luxurious hotels. Portobello Road is a well-known street market. in 1997 boundary changes, has been revived in the latest seats shake-up which comes into effect at the coming election. Kensington and Chelsea, currently represented by Tory former Foreign Secretary Sir Malcolm Rifkind Sir Malcolm Leslie Rifkind, KCMG, QC (born 21 June 1946) is a Scottish Conservative and Unionist politician and Member of Parliament for the constituency of Kensington and Chelsea. He is a patron of the Tory Reform Group. , is one of the safest Conservative seats. The party's margin will be much smaller in the revived Kensington which retains poor areas of Notting Hill in the north but loses some of the super rich south. A survey calculates that Labour would need a 7.1% swing to take it. |
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