THE Labour Party has announced that Dr Matt Lamb will be challenging Mark Garnier for the Wyre Forest parliamentary seat in the forthcoming snap General Election in June.

Dr Lamb stood for Labour at the 2015 General Election and increased Labour's vote and took the party into second place in the district.

He said: "As a councillor, I know that Wyre Forest needs a strong, independent voice to stand up for local interests.

"In this constituency, this election will be a clear choice between a Labour Party who will stand up for Wyre Forest and a Tory Party who are failing working people here. There is an alternative."

Dr Lamb added: "Wyre Forest deserves better.

"Vote Labour on June 8th for a better Britain which serves the interests of the many not the privileged few."

Dr Matt Lamb was raised and educated in Wyre Forest and lived in Kidderminster for more than 17 years. He was educated at Comberton Middle, King Charles and Kidderminster College.

Following in the footsteps of his father who taught at Bewdley High School, Matt has worked in education for the last 20 years and is currently assistant principal at Sandwell College. His partner, Zoe, is from Stourport, and Matt has a 15-year-old daughter, Angel.