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Elwyn Watkins
Robert Elwyn James Watkins, born in Rochdale, is a British Liberal Democrat politician. He narrowly lost to Labour Party candidate Phil Woolas for the Oldham East and Saddleworth seat in the 2010 general election, but the result was overturned by an election court,〔(Judges order election re-run in ex-minister's seat ) BBC News 2010-11-05〕 which found that Woolas had knowingly lied about Watkins' personal character. Watkins had stood down as a councillor representing Healey Ward on Rochdale Council in order to contest the general election.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Watkins resigns from council )〕 He was selected as the Liberal Democrat candidate for the constituency in late 2007.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Elwyn Watkins selected for Oldham East and Saddleworth )〕
In 2008, during his time as a Rochdale councillor, Watkins said he was planning to seek legal advice after Phil Woolas' election agent suggested he had "abandoned his constituents and moved to the Middle East to work for a multi-billionaire sheikh".
==Oldham East & Saddleworth court case==
Watkins received significant media coverage in November 2010〔(Elwyn Watkins 'risked all' to challenge Woolas ) BBC News 2010-11-09〕 after his petition against the return of Phil Woolas resulted in the general election result being declared void.〔Election petition May 2010 (Part 1 ) (Part 2 ) (Part 3 )〕 Woolas was disqualified from holding elected office for three years.〔 He failed to get the decision overturned〔(Phil Woolas defends campaign tactics as appeal fails ) Philip Kemp, BBC News 9 December 2010〕 and so a by-election for the Oldham East and Saddleworth seat was called which was won by Labour's Debbie Abrahams.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Labour celebrate victory in Oldham East by-election )〕
Before the judgement, Watkins had said he would quit politics if his petition against the general election result was unsuccessful.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Fighting talk as Liberal Democrat Elwyn Watkins gets set to take on Phil Woolas )〕 Watkins has indicated that he may consider further legal action against members of Phil Woolas' campaign team.
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