General Election Tonbridge | Full list of candidates

12 June 2024, 18:02

UK polling station
UK polling station. Picture: Alamy

By Emma Soteriou

The candidates for the upcoming General Election in Tonbridge 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:

  • Lewis William John Bailey (Labour Party)
  • Anna Victoria Cope (Green Party)
  • Ian Grattidge (Social Democratic Party)
  • Teresa Hansford (Reform UK)
  • Tim Shaw (Independent Alliance (Kent))
  • Tom Tugendhat (Conservative and Unionist Party)
  • John Woollcombe (Liberal Democrats)

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

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