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Row over TV girl's MP bid

March 23, 2010 12:00 AM
By Tom Newton Dunn in The Sun

LABOUR bosses were slammed last night for parachuting in a sexy TV host to fight a safe seat.

Busty former GMTV political correspondent Gloria De Piero, 37, beat a series of local candidates to the nomination.

But constituency rivals questioned whether she can win over voters in Ashfield, Notts - and accused Labour of taking locals for granted.

Lib Dem Stuart Bray said: "She was born in Bradford and lives in London. She can't pretend to understand the issues Ashfield faces."

But Miss De Piero - a favourite of Tony Blair and who once beat Kate Moss in a sexiest women poll - said: "I'll live in the constituency and listen to the voters."

Departing MP Geoff Hoon, the ex-Defence Secretary, was voted in at Ashfield with a 10,000 majority in 2005.

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