The candidates standing in this July’s General Election for the East Thanet and Herne Bay and Sandwich constituencies have now been officially confirmed.
Electoral Calculus currently predicts a Labour win for both seats with the party predicted to take 57% of the vote for the Herne Bay and Sandwich seat – Conservatives 42%- and 92% for East Thanet – Conservatives 8%.
Westbrook, Birchington, Garlinge, Thanet villages wards and Westgate form part of a Herne Bay and Sandwich County Constituency while East Thanet takes in Ramsgate, Broadstairs and most of Margate.
Polls open on Thursday 4 July between 7am and 10pm.
The candidates are:
Herne Bay and Sandwich constituency
Thea Barrett – Green Party – read here
Angie Curwen – Liberal Democrats – read here
Roger Gale – The Conservative Party – read here
Amelia Randall – Reform UK – read here
Helen Elizabeth Whitehead – Labour Party – read here
East Thanet constituency
Polly Billington Labour – read here
Grahame Birchall Independent – read here
Helen Harrison Conservative – read here
Paul Holton Independent – read here
Steve Roberts Green – read here
Mo Shafaei Independent – statement can be found here
Jai Singh Liberal Democrat –read here
Paul Webb Reform UK – read here
Voting deadlines
You must register to vote before 11:59pm on Tuesday 18 June
You must apply for postal vote before 5pm on Wednesday 19 June
You must apply for proxy vote before 5pm on Wednesday 26 June
You must apply for free voter ID before 5pm on Wednesday 26 June
