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One of the candidates bidding to be the Conservative pick for the West Yorkshire mayoral race has said he was not concerned by the rapidly approaching election after turning around a General Election campaign “within weeks” in 2019.

Bradford-born barrister Narinder Sekhon, who is currently fighting coronavirus, was revealed yesterday as one of the two people on the Tory shortlist due to be put to members on Saturday.

He joins Matthew Robinson, a Leeds councillor who was the Conservative’s Police and Crime Commissioner candidate until the role was amalgamated with the new mayoral job.

The region’s party members are set to finally pick their candidate for the May 6 vote on Saturday, after Labour announced they would put forward Batley and Spen MP Tracy Brabin three months ago.

Barrister and councillor to go head-to-head to woo Tory members for West Yorkshire mayoral pick