Wakefield by-election | Full list of candidates

19 June 2022, 17:46 | Updated: 19 June 2022, 17:58

Full list of Wakefield by-election candidates.
Full list of Wakefield by-election candidates. Picture: Alamy/LBC

By James Bickerton

You can find the full list of candidates for the Wakefield by-election here.

Voters in Wakefield go to the polls on June 23, after former Conservative MP Imran Ahmad Khan resigned after being convicted of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy.

The list of candidates is as follows:

  • Nadeem Ahmed, Conservative Party
  • Akef Akbar, Independent
  • Paul Bickerdike, Christian Peoples Alliance
  • Mick Dodgson, Freedom Alliance. Real People. Real Alternative
  • Sir Archibald Stanton Earl 'Eaton, The Official Monster Raving Loony Party
  • Jayda Fransen, Independent
  • Jordan James Gaskell, UK Independence Party
  • David John Rowntree Herdson, Yorkshire Party
  • Therese Hirst, English Democrats
  • Christopher Richard Jones, Northern Independence Party
  • Simon Robert Lightwood, Labour Party
  • Jamie Luke Needle, Liberal Democrats
  • Ashley Theo Blue Routh, Green Party
  • Ashlea Simon, Britain First
  • Chris Walsh, Reform UK

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