THE Liberal Democrats in York have announced a local activist and pub campaigner as their candidate for the York Central seat at the next general election.

The party on Monday night selected Nick Love to be their Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for the seat in May 2015, in the seat which Hugh Bayley will stand down from.

Nick, who has lived in York since 1985, said:“I’m honoured to be have been chosen by the Liberal Democrats to fight to become the new MP for York Central in the most open contest since 1992. Most importantly the new MP should be York’s representative in Parliament.

"With my significant business experience I believe I can help attract more UK companies to choose York as their base and use to the position of an MP to champion local companies to the rest of the UK as a whole and open up government resources to them to help them expand.”

Other candidates already declared in the York Central seat include Conservative Robert McIlveen, and the Green party's Jonathon Tyler.