Lynda Donaldson, a Conservative councillor in Rotherham, was last night selected to contest Rother Valley at the next general election. Since 2004 she has represented the Hellaby ward, which is part of the redrawn Rother Valley constituency.
The constituency has only ever sent Labour MPs to Westminster, with the current incumbent, Kevin Barron, having represented the seat since 1983. He will defend a notional majority of 11,558, meaning that he would be unseated on a swing to the second-placed Conservatives of a little under 15%.
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