Cadden said: “I know we’re starting off from a very small base of Conservative voters from the last election but we’ve got our own policies – we need to get mobiles phones out of schools, we need to get rid of the carbon tax.”
Cadden set up and chaired the police sex equality and equity network, to challenge workplace discrimination based on sex.
She is also a trustee of Sex Matters, a charity which advocates for gender critical perspectives and for single sex spaces, and has been involved in local Conservative politics in Bolton.
She said “local schools, the NHS and policing” were among her key issues.
“We’ve seen social justice theories infiltrate our public services and women and girls are no longer safe in some of those services,” she said.
Kevin Hollinrake, chairman of the Conservative Party, said: “Charlotte has been a fierce campaigner on grooming gangs and single-sex spaces and her campaign will give her the opportunity to stand up for vulnerable girls, plain and simple.”
She would “push for the truth, and make sure lessons are learned”, he said, adding “That’s the sort of straight-talking leadership we need”.
In 2024, Gwynne won the seat for Labour with more than half of the vote – 18,555. Reform UK came second on 5,142 votes, narrowly beating the Greens with 4,810.