Labour shortlists candidates for Lewisham East byelection

The four candidates are hoping to win the seat vacated by Heidi Alexander, who resigned as an MP to take up a role as London’s deputy mayor for transport.A former Ken Livingstone adviser, an anti-Transatlantic trade treaty activist, Lewisham’s deputy mayor and a former mayoral candidate have been shortlisted by Labour for the election to succeed Heidi Alexander in Lewisham East.Labour’s national executive committee has shortlisted Claudia Webbe, Brenda Dacres, Janet Daby and Sa