Ealing Central and Acton selected local Councillor Bassam Mahfouz as their PPC for the forthcoming general election.

Councillor Mahfouz, who won the most nominations from the wards, comfortably won the selection contest yesterday. He is of Lebanese heritage, and currently works for Ealing North MP, Steve Pound.

He becomes only the second ethnic minority candidate to be selected in a winnable Labour seat for the next election.