ANOTHER candidate has stepped into the race to become Mo Mowlam's replacement as Redcar MP.

Darlington Borough councillor Lee Vasey has been a member of the Labour Party Parliamentary panel for the past 18 months and has been a Teesside magistrate for ten years. She worked on the railway for more than 20 years ,mainly in the Teesside area.

She said: "I am committed and I wish to be given the chance to prove it."