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The new Conservative candidate selected to take on Kent’s only Labour MP has vowed to fight a clean campaign and not “tear into” her rival. Former city councillor Louise Harvey-Quirke represented Sturry from 2019 until the May 2023 election, where she lost her seat. At a meeting yesterday, Canterbury Conservative Association selected the 45-year-old to stand as the Tory candidate against incumbent Labour MP Rosie Duffield in the election this year. Mrs Harvey-Quirke has vowed to fight a clean campaign, saying constituents do not want to see two women attacking each other in the media. “I’ve me…

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