Autism – Herne Bay and Sandwich seat contender for Labour, Helen Whitehead, says she believes she is the first openly autistic woman to stand for a Parliamentary seat and she is an advocate for disability rights
Ballot box – get your votes in between 7am and 10pm at one of Thanet’s 35 polling stations
Crossroads – remember this long-running soap? Sir Roger Gale had an acting role in one episode in 1965!
Debate – There have been several hustings events for Thanet but some upset was caused when East Thanet’s Independent candidates did not get an invite to all of them
East Thanet, the new constituency that takes in the old South Thanet plus most of Margate. This is predicted to be a Labour win for candidate Polly Billington by a huge margin
Funeral celebrant is one of the roles held by Green candidate for East Thanet Steve Roberts. He is also a social care worker with a 35 year career so far
GRIT (Government Reform in Thanet) is central to the campaign for Independent candidate Grahame Birchall
Herne Bay and Sandwich constituency which now takes in part of Margate, Westgate, Birchington and villages and covers three council areas. It is currently earmarked as a Tory hold.
Independents, there are three standing for East Thanet but none for Herne Bay/Sandwich
Jobs – Independent candidate Paul Holton will have worked at the Shell Garage in Birchington for 20 years this September
Kent – The hopefuls have been promoting, or defending, their Thanet and Kent credentials
Lord’s Tavener’s charity that brings sport to disadvantaged and disabled children has Lib Dem candidate (and cricketer) Jai Singh as a member
Mo Shafaei is an Independent candidate for East Thanet who says he is a new voice for the community
Nigel Farage – He’s back but not in Thanet (he didn’t succeed in South Thanet in 2005 or 2015) This time he’s fighting for the Clacton seat
Oundle is the ward in North Northamptonshire that Conservative candidate Helen Harrison is the district councillor for but she says she will move to Thanet if elected
Psychic – Reform candidate Amelia Randall for Herne Bay/Sandwich does psychic readings with and without tarot cards and Angel Harmony readings while P also stands for photographer which is the job of East Thanet Reform candidate Paul Webb.
Questions – We asked the candidates about the views on local issues. Find a list in this article here
Results, these are what we are all waiting for and will come in during the early hours of July 5
Sepsis led to extreme amputation surgery for former South Thanet MP Craig Mackinlay who had planned to run as the ‘bionic MP’ but pulled out when the early election date was announced
UKIP – They’ve gone and never did succeed in taking an MP position although Thanet was the country’s only UKIP council following the 2015 local elections until it imploded and Tories took control in 2018
Wipe out is being predicted nationally for the Conservatives but will part of Thanet remain Blue?
Voters – that’s you folks but turn out is only being predicted as 64% for East Thanet and 62.3% for Herne Bay/Sandwich
X marks the box when you use your vote
Youth co-ordinator for the Greens is one of the posts that has been held by Herne Bay/Sandwich hopeful Thea Barrett
Zebadiah Abu-Obadiah of Al-Zebabist Nation of Ooog – one of Thanet’s eccentric candidates from the 2015 general election
