Blackpool South by-election | Full list of candidates

28 March 2024, 13:47 | Updated: 1 May 2024, 00:48

UK polling station
UK polling station. Picture: Alamy
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By LBC

The candidates for the upcoming by-election in Blackpool South have been announced.

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The by-election was triggered after former Tory MP Scott Benton quit.

The election has been confirmed for 2 May.

The list of candidates are:

  • David Jones, Conservatives
  • Chris Webb, Labour
  • Andrew Cregan, Liberal Democrats
  • Ben Thomas, Green Party
  • Mark Butcher, Reform UK
  • Stephen Black, Independent
  • Kim Knight, Alliance for Democracy and Freedom
  • Damon Sharp, New Open Non-Political Organised Leadership
  • Howling Laud Hope, The Official Monster Raving Loony Party