General Election Hitchin and Harpenden | Full list of candidates

3 July 2024, 16:43

UK polling station
UK polling station. Picture: Alamy

By Flaminia Luck

The candidates for the upcoming General Election in Hitchin and Harpenden have been announced.

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

The list of candidates confirmed as standing so far are:

  • William Lavin (Green Party)
  • Bim Afolami (Conservative and Unionist Party)
  • Charles Spencer Bunker (Reform UK)
  • Alistair Strathern (Labour Party)
  • Chris Lucas (Liberal Democrats)
  • Sid Cordle (Christian People's Alliance)

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

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