Labour MP candidate joined by comedian Eddie Izzard on Wrexham campaign trail

Mary Wimbury was joined by comic and political activist, Eddie Izzard, who came to North Wales in order to support Welsh Labour candidates across several constituencies, including Wrexham and Clwyd South.

Mr Izzard came to Wrexham in order to encourage people to vote for Mary in the upcoming General Election on December 12.

Images, above and below: Mary Wimbury was joined by Eddie Izzard in Wrexham to speak with voters in the town's high street

He said: “People are always worried about the NHS and the Labour Party are ones to trust on that. Voting Conservative and allowing Boris Johnson to stay will not just be for Christmas, we will have five more years of the Tories.”

Mary told the Leader that she will not be taking it easy during the campaign and doesn’t take Wrexham’s 18-year history as a Labour seat occupied by Ian Lucas for granted.

She said: “People need to recognise that they are going to wake up on December 13 with either me as their MP or a Tory, and if the Tories take Wrexham then it is likely that Boris Johnson will have the majority to do what he likes for five years.

“Interestingly, my experience on the doorstep is that whilst people are talking a lot about Brexit, people are talking about bread and butter issues like cuts to public services, we also need to get the town centre back on its feet, we need investment in the NHS, education and transport services and that is what really matters to people over the next five years.

“I think people were a little weary about why they are being asked to vote for a third time but now we are starting to focus on key issues and have some really good conversations with people.

They walked through Wrexham and spoke with members of the public about issues that face the town. One of those people included an eight-year-old boy who asked about homelessness – an issue that has plagued Wrexham for years.

He asked what can be done to help people living on the streets of Wrexham and had an idea of offering people shelter in houses that in the process of being built.

Mrs Wimbury told the youngster: “I think we need to provide support so that people have somewhere to sleep at night and aren’t having to sleep rough on the streets. last time we had a Labour government we actually minimised the need for people to sleep on the streets.

"It makes people I talk to really sad, they want to come into Wrexham.”