The candidates set to stand in next month’s European elections have been announced.
Ann Widdecombe, Rachel Johnson – sister of former foreign secretary Boris Johnson – Lord Andrew Adonis and serving MEP Molly Scott Cato are among the most recognisable names standing to be elected to serve the South West at the European Union (EU).
With no agreement on Britain’s EU exit, the country faces electing MEPs despite 52 per cent of the electorate calling for the UK to leave three years ago.
Six MEPs will represent the South West, including Gibraltar.
The vote, assuming no Brexit deal is agreed in time, will be held on May 23, three weeks after council elections.
The deadline to register to vote in the EU elections is May 7 at midnight, at 5pm on May 8 for a postal vote and May 15 at 5pm for a proxy vote.
The candidates standing are:
Change UK – The Independent Group
* JOHNSON, Rachel Sabiha
* GODFREY, Jim
* MIDDLETON, Oliver Sean Grevatt
* HOOBERMAN, Matthew
* SEWELL, Elizabeth-Anne
* HUNT, Crispin
Conservative and Unionist Party:
* FOX, Ashley Peter
* MUSTOE, James Michael
* PURBRICK, Faye
* HISCOTT, Claire Michelle
* TAGHDISSIAN, James
* OWENS, Emmeline Elizabeth
English Democrats:
* KNIGHT, Jenny
* BLUNDELL, Michael Thomas Martin
Green Party:
* SCOTT Cato, Molly
* LAKE, Cleo Alberta
* DENYER, Carla Suzanne
* SCOTT, Tom
* DIMERY, Martin John
* LA BORDE, Karen Margaret
Labour Party:
* MOODY, Clare Miranda
* ADONIS, Andrew
* KIRKHAM, Jayne Susannah
* GUILD, Neil William
* ATKINSON, Yvonne Margaret
* AL-HASSAN, Sadik Adam
Liberal Democrats:
* VOADEN, Caroline Jane
* HORWOOD, Martin Charles
* WILLIAMS, Stephen Roy
* RYLANCE, Eleanor Anne Christine
* CHALMERS, David Nigel
* STAGNETTO, Luke Oliver
The Brexit Party:
* WIDDECOMBE, Ann Noreen
* GLANCY, James Alexander
* JORDAN, Christina Sheila
* TARR, Ann Christine
* LANE-NOTT, Roger Charles
* DARKE, Nicola Jane
UK Independence Party (UKIP):
* WEBB, Lawrence James
* BENJAMIN, Carl
* MCINTYRE, Anthony James
* TAYLOR, Lester Geoffrey
* LEE, Stephen Alaric
* SHERIDAN, Alison Jane
Independents:
* MAXEY, Larch Ian Albert Frank
* RAHMAN, Nothiur
* SEED, Neville
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