Eddie Izzard fails in Labour candidate bid despite gender identity (Image: Getty)
Comedian Suzy Eddie Izzard has failed in a bid to become a Labour candidate at the next general election.
The stand-up, who identifies as a gender-fluid trans woman, lost to Tom Gray in an attempt to represent Brighton Pavilion.
Mr Gray was a founding member of rock band Gomez, who secured five top-40 UK albums.
The current MP, long-serving Green politician Caroline Lucas, is standing down at the next election.
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At a fringe event at the party’s conference in September, Labour MP Rosie Duffield threatened to quit if Izzard was allowed on an all-women shortlist.
She also said: “Eddie Izzard is not a woman.”
Tory Party deputy chairman Lee Anderson was slammed after saying he would not be “following him into the toilets” if Izzard became an MP.
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