Runners and riders for Labour selection for Batley and Spen by-election, according to local sources: Salma Arif, Leeds council cabinet member for public health, is who some believe the seat will be "stitched up" for

Other names doing the rounds: Habiban Zaman, a Batley councillor who works for Tracy Brabin; Shabir Pandor, leader of Kirklees Council ("I'd eat my hat if LOTO shortlisted him," source says); Afaq Butt, a Heckmondwike councillor, and Hugh Golborne, who was shortlisted for mayor

Lisa Johnson of the GMB is another name that often crops up but hearing suggestions she isn't interested. Fazila Aswat, the staffer who was with Jo Cox on the day of her murder in 2016, is also said to have ruled herself out.

Source says risk of any selection perceived to be "fixed" for a candidate favoured by party's high command, as in Hartlepool, is that it "would go down very badly with the players who can drive turnout in a by-election"