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Election '97: Beaconsfield selects

Thursday 03 April 1997 17:02 EST
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The Tory candidate to replace disgraced former minister Tim Smith in his Beaconsfield seat will be selected tomorrow.

The MP for St Ives, David Harris, and John Major's former Parliamentary Private Secretary, Tony Favell, who lost his Stockport seat in 1992, are both believed to be on the shortlist.

Mr Smith stood down as the candidate on 26 March after he had admitted receiving envelopes stuffed with pounds 50 notes from the owner of Harrods, Mohamed al-Fayed.

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