Reform's Runcorn candidate hit with misconduct finding during time as magistrate - Liverpool Echo

Labour to face first major test at the ballot box in Runcorn

In just two weeks time Labour will face their first major tests at the ballot box – including a key by-election. Runcorn and Helsby should be a safe Labour seat, in an area the party has held for more than forty years. But since the resignation of former MP Mike Amesbury after he was convicted of assault for punching one of his constituents – Reform UK have ploughed all their efforts into the campaign, gunning for a major political upset.

Reform candidate rebuked for using status as a magistrate to influence colleagues

Sarah Pochin’s ‘behaviour fell below the standards expected of a magistrate’, the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office said

Reform UK’s Runcorn candidate hit with misconduct finding during time as magistrate

Reform UK’s Runcorn and Helsby by-election candidate Sarah Pochin committed misconduct while serving as a magistrate. In 2018, the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office (JCIO) found Pochin used her position as a magistrate to influence the views of her colleagues in a political context. Documents seen by the Liverpool Echo also state that she breached confidentiality by publicising the complaint made against her.  In response, a Reform UK spoke…

Reform UK candidate's misconduct as a magistrate ruling surfaces ahead of by-election - The Mirror

Sarah Pochin, who is standing for Reform UK in Runcorn and Helsby, was found to have used her status as a magistrate to influence her colleagues' political views in 2018

Reform's Runcorn candidate hit with misconduct finding during time as magistrate - Liverpool Echo

Sarah Pochin is the favourite to win the by-election next month