General Election Wellingborough and Rushden | Full list of candidates

15 June 2024, 09:33

UK polling station
UK polling station. Picture: Alamy

By Kit Heren

The candidates for the upcoming General Election in Wellingborough and Rushden have been announced.

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The deadline for General Election candidates to be confirmed was Friday, June 7.

The list of candidates confirmed as standing is:

  • Jeremy Spencer Brittin (Social Democratic Party)
  • David Goss (Conservative and Unionist Party)
  • Ben Habib (Reform UK)
  • Gen Kitchen (Labour Party)
  • Paul Mannion (Green Party)
  • Christopher Townsend (Liberal Democrats)

Voters across the country will go to the polls on July 4.

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