Collins to fight Rotherham seat for Ukip

YORKSHIRE UK Independence Party MEP Jane Collins will try and wrestle the Rotherham Central Westminster seat away from Labour at the General Election, it was announced this morning.
Jane Collins celebrates her election as an MEP in May along with fellow Ukip MEPs Mike Hookem and Amjad BashirJane Collins celebrates her election as an MEP in May along with fellow Ukip MEPs Mike Hookem and Amjad Bashir
Jane Collins celebrates her election as an MEP in May along with fellow Ukip MEPs Mike Hookem and Amjad Bashir

Rotherham has been identified as one of the areas where Ukip will focus its efforts to secure its first Commons seat next year after it took 10 council seats in the Labour stronghold in the May local elections making it the main opposition group.

Mrs Collins, who was one of three Ukip MEPs elected to represent Yorkshire this year, came second to current MP Sarah Champion when the Rotherham Central seat was contested in a by-election in 2012.

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She said: “I am very honoured and excited to have been selected by the Rotherham UKIP members as their candidate for this important seat. I am going to work hard to gain this constituency from Labour and become one of the first UKIP MP’s in Westminster.

“Rotherham needs new ideas and a fresh prospective, something the lacklustre and intellectually bankrupt Labour party can’t provide.

“The recent local elections showed that the people of Rotherham are crying out for change in this town and our councillors are working incredibly hard to deliver this on the local level.

“By electing a UKIP MP to Westminster, the people of Rotherham would have the representation their deserve; someone who would fight for them rather than working for the party’s agenda.

“I want to stop this town being used as a dumping ground for immigrants; to bring jobs to the area and to give the children of Rotherham an opportunity at a brighter future.”