Labour picks candidate to fight seat
Jacky Crawford, from Goole, will stand against Andrew Percy in 2015.
Ms Crawford followed in her mother’s footsteps qualifying and working as a nurse, before retraining to become a social worker when her children were young.
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Hide AdShe has worked across all children service sectors as a social worker and manager, in particular across two government task forces.
She is married to Martin, a paramedic, and they have two grown up children.
Speaking after winning selection at a hustings of local party members in the constituency, she said: “I’m proud and humbled to have been selected as Labour’s candidate for my home constituency – it’s a real honour.”