It's been particularly messy in Bury South though. What with the Ivan Lewis stuff. I realise that in principle you vote for the candidate rather than the party but most people don't think of it that way. I wasn't even remotely tempted to vote for the Lib Dem in Hove last time around (even though...
I'm of the opinion that there should be a by-election in these circumstances.
If he loses then at the next GE the local Labour party can then select a candidate. As it stands it would be difficult to deselect him. If he wins a by-election as the Labour candidate then it's sort of OK ish. /