Eastbourne councillor to step down to focus on MP race

Hampden Park’s Liberal Democrat councillor Josh Babarinde made the announcement on social media on Wednesday, April 5.

He said: “As a Willingdon Trees lad, it’s been an honour to represent our community as one of our councillors for the last two years.

“Today, I’ve written an open letter to Hampden Park to share that I’ll be standing down from the council to ramp up my campaign to represent our special community - and entire town - as our next MP.

“I couldn’t be prouder to have been your councillor. We’ve achieved so much together - and there much more to come (I’m not going anywhere!)”

In a letter to the Hampden Park community, Mr Babarinde said he was ‘fired up’ to continue helping residents as Eastbourne’s Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate.

He added: “Thank you Hampden Park for the honour of being able to serve as your councillor. Thanks, too, to my brilliant ward colleagues Cllr Jim Murray and Cllr Colin Swansborough, who are among the hardest working people I know. I am excited that they and Willingdon Trees local, Teri Sayers-Cooper, will be running as Lib Dem council candidates for Hampden Park this May. I support them to the moon and back, together with my good friend Steve Holt – who I hope will become council leader after the May elections.

"See you out and about across our wonderful community that I'm chuffed to have grown up in.”

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