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Mr Knight was selected from
38 applicants as the Conservatives’ prospective Parliamentary candidate for the
2015 poll.
In 2005, Liberal Democrat
Lorely Burt oveturned a 9,407 Tory majority – 45 per cent of the vote – to take
Solihull with a margin of just 279, 39.9 per cent of the vote.
The 2010 poll was even
narrower when – after several recounts – Mrs Burt beat Maggie Throup with 179
votes.
Chester-born Mr Knight
studied History at Hull University
He then joined The
Independent and is a senior editor covering money, property and economics.
Solihull Conservatives said
he has been a “party activist for nearly a decade”.
In a press release, he said:
"It is an absolute thrill for me to be selected by Solihull Conservatives
as their candidate.
“I am really looking forward
to taking the fight to our opponents and winning the seat back for the
Conservative Party.
“Solihull is a great place to live, with a close-knit community and I firmly
believe that the Conservative party best represents the values and aspirations
of Silhillians.”
Constituency chairman Robert
Hulland said; “Julian clearly understood the issues facing the residents of Solihull and I very much look forward to working with him to win back Solihull .”
This week’s Solihull Observerquotes Mrs Burt saying Mr Knight as been “parachuted” into the borough “with no
track record or understanding of the issues here in Solihull ”.
Mr Knight is quoted saying: “It
seems particularly rich for Lorely Burt to launch such an attack considering
that she came to Solihull from Dudley to further her intense political ambitions and
currently spends most of the week in London
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