BEN RHYDDING resident Susan Fricker has been chosen to contest the Ilkley Town Council by-election for her neighbourhood on behalf of the Labour Party in June. Susan has lived in the town for over a decade, raising her now-adult children and working across the West Yorkshire region as a practising barrister. She is a strong opponent of the housing proposals in the Draft Bradford Local Plan, which would open the door for developers to build 285 new houses in the Ben Rhydding Green Belt area. Ms Fricker, who is the co-chair of the Ilkley Labour Party, said: “I am delighted to have been selected to represent the Labour Party in the upcoming by-election in my home ward of Ben Rhydding.