LABOUR bosses have chosen a replacement candidate to take on George Galloway in Bradford West.
Naz Shah is chairman of mental health charity Sharing Voices Bradford, and had been one of the original all-women shortlist of candidates.
Last week, the party's campaign in the target seat was plunged into chaos after the original choice, legal advisor Amina Ali, stepped down days after being selected.
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Local party members had selected Mrs Ali, a councillor in the London borough of Tower Hamlets, from the shortlist of three at a hustings event on February 21.
But only four days later she announced she was stepping down for family reasons.
Mrs Ali said moving her children to Bradford for the campaign would have caused "massive disruption" to their education.
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