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LONDON: Former England cricketer Monty Panesar is to stand at the next UK general election for the fringe Workers Party of Britain, its leader George Galloway said on Tuesday.Galloway, a left-wing firebrand who was re-elected to parliament in March after tapping into anger over the Israel-Hamas war, said Panesar was one of 200 candidates the party is putting up for the vote.Left-arm spinner Panesar, 42, played 50 tests for England, taking 167 wickets between 2006 and 2013.Born Mudhsuden Singh Panesar in Luton, north of London, to Sikh parents who emigrated from the Indian Punjab, he became a firm fan favourite and a distinctive figure in the field in his black patka.He will stand in the Ealing Southall constituency in west London at the vote, which is expected to be held later this year.To be elected, he will have to overturn a 16,084 majority set by Virendra Sharma, from the main opposition Labour party, at the last national poll in 2019.Galloway told LBC radio that Panesar “will be our candidate in Southall”, which is a majority Sikh area.
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Former England cricketer Monty Panesar to be candidate in UK general election
