CENTRAL Suffolk and North Ipswich Labour Party has chosen Ipswich borough and Suffolk county councillor Neil MacDonald to fight the next General Election.

CENTRAL Suffolk and North Ipswich Labour Party has chosen Ipswich borough and Suffolk county councillor Neil MacDonald to fight the next General Election.

Aged 38, he is a freelance IT designer at Adastral Park and aast year he spent six months working for Chris Mole MP, in his Ipswich office.

The constituency is held by Conservative Sir Michael Lord, Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons, with a majority of 3,469. Labour needs a swing of 3.69% to win.