FORMER Great Britain rugby league player Garreth Carvell has come out in support for “one of the good guys” in Labour MP Tracy Brabin, campaigning with her in Heckmondwike just days before the general election.

Brabin won the Batley and Spen seat three years ago following the horrific murder of Jo Cox to far-right terrorist Thomas Mair.

Carvell took part in a football tournament to support the Red Card campaign last year, hosted by Brabin and said that at a recent hustings, comments from an independent MP about the Muslim community left him no choice but to join Brabin on the campaign trail.