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# Lichfield MP unmasked as newspaper’s ‘secret candidate’
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/lichfield-mp-unmasked-as-newspapers-secret-candidate/
- Published: 2015-05-09T07:29:31.000Z
- Updated: 2015-05-09T07:31:34.000Z
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: GE2015, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 20:42, News

Lichfield MP Michael Fabricant has been revealed as a national newspapers ‘secret candidate’.

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Michael Fabricant

The Independent has run a series of articles offering a behind-the-scenes look at life on the campaign trail.

And the area’s Conservative MP – who retained his seat with a majority of more than 18,000 has been unmasked as the mystery man.

In [his latest article for the newspaper](http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/generalelection/the-secret-diary-of-an-mp-hacked-on-wikipedia-but-backed-by-the-voters-10237438.html?ref=lichfieldlive.co.uk), the now not-so-secret candidate said: ” I have written these articles because with around 50 million people entitled to vote, but with only 650 constituencies, I thought you might be interested to gain an insight into the life of a secret candidate.

“But now, I have decided to ‘out’ myself.”