The Conservative Party has announced who will stand for them against a current Labour MP in Cumbria.

Simon Fell has been selected by the Conservatives in Barrow and Furness to be their candidate in the upcoming General Election.

Members of the Barrow and Furness Conservatives last night voted to pick their parliamentary candidate for the election on June 8.

Mr Fell, 36, stood in the 2015 General Election when he reduced Labour's lead in Barrow to just 795 votes.

Although he was widely expected to be selected as the candidate, after Conservative HQ advised constituency parties to go with the candidates used at the last General Election, local members had the final say.

Mr Fell said: "It’s a huge honour to have been chosen as the candidate for Barrow and Furness.

"This election presents a simple choice between the stable leadership of Theresa May or the chaos of Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour.

"My focus is to secure the unprecedented investment flowing into Furness and to ensure that it works for everyone. We simply can’t risk Barrow’s future to Jeremy Corbyn.

"I’m looking forward to getting out on the campaign trail and talking about the issues that matter to the people of Furness. I’m passionate about tackling long-term poverty, supporting vulnerable people and working to put Barrow on the map to get us the vital improvements in infrastructure which we so badly need.

"I’ll be fighting for every vote. As we’ve campaigned in the council elections, three issues have popped up time and time again on the doorstep: securing Trident; getting a good deal from Brexit, and ensuring that young people have the opportunities they deserve.

"Only Theresa May’s Conservative Party has the plan to provide the secure stable leadership to deliver on these issues for Furness."