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Eddie Izzard has antecedently tried to go a Labour MP successful Sheffield
Comedian Eddie Izzard has said she volition basal for 1 of Brighton's parliamentary seats.
Making the announcement connected her website, Izzard said she wanted to basal successful the Brighton Pavilion spot presently held by the lone Green MP, Caroline Lucas.
Izzard was brought up successful Bexhill-on-Sea successful East Sussex.
Ms Lucas has announced she volition stand down astatine the adjacent election, with London Assembly subordinate Sian Berry selected arsenic the Green candidate.
On her website, Izzard said she wanted to go an MP for Brighton "to enactment this superb metropolis and its divers and vibrant community."
She said: "Labour needs a campaigner that tin animate galore thousands to go our friends and allies successful the combat for a fairer, greener, cleaner planet."
In 2022 she tried unsuccessfully to secure the Labour candidacy successful Sheffield Central.
In the 2019 wide predetermination the Green Party accrued its bulk successful Brighton Pavilion, beating Labour by astir 20,000 votes, with the Conservatives finishing third.
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