General Election Houghton and Sunderland South | Full list of candidates

23 June 2024, 11:05

UK polling station
UK polling station. Picture: Alamy
Kieran Kelly

By Kieran Kelly

The candidates for the upcoming General Election in Houghton and Sunderland South have been announced.

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The list of candidates confirmed as standing are:

  • Richard Peter Bradley (Green Party)
  • Chris Burnicle (Conservatives)
  • Paul Edgeworth (Liberal Democrats)
  • Bridget Phillipson (Labour)
  • Sam David Woods-Brass (Reform UK)

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

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