Eight people are standing in the Tiverton and Honiton by-election.
The Parliamentary poll was triggered by Conservative Neil Parish standing down.
Representatives from the three main political parties - the Conservatives, Labour and the Liberal Democrats - are being fielded.
They will joined by candidates from the For Britain Movement, the Green Party, the Heritage Party, Reform UK and the UK Independence Party, the official list of candidates said.
The poll is due to be held on 23 June.
Candidates include:
Jordan Donoghue-Morgan, Heritage Party
Andy Foan - Reform UK
Richard Foord - Liberal Democrats
Helen Hurford - Conservative
Liz Pole - Labour
Frankie Rufolo - The For Britain Movement
Ben Walker - UK Independence Party
Gill Westcott - Green Party
All the candidates had to submit their completed nomination papers by 16:00 GMT on 25 May.
Is not 8 candidates to many for a local by election. Should there be a limit on candidates. Full marks to them for standing if they feel strongly enough to so do but logically they know that they will probably lose out.
It would not be democratic to impose a limit on the number of Candidates - who would decide which Applicants could stand and which could not?
Providing they meet the eligibility criteria and pay their Deposit, I donât see why Independents or representatives from minority parties should not stand for election.
They will likely lose out to a Candidate endorsed by one of the major political parties but at least it gives the electorate a choice, if their views are not being represented by the manifesto / policies of one of the 3 main political parties.
The Liberal Democrats have taken Tiverton and Honiton from the Conservatives, overturning a majority of more than 24,000, with swing of nearly 30% to win by 6,000 votes âŠ
Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey said: âThe Liberal Democrats have made political history with this stunning win. This should be a wake-up call for all those Conservative MPs propping up Boris Johnson. They cannot afford to ignore this result. The public is sick of Boris Johnsonâs lies and law-breaking and itâs time for Conservative MPs to finally do the right thing and sack him.â
Yup I know it would if that translated into the general election too. But these were by-elections so canât make my mind up what would happen if it was a general election i.e. whatever happened with these elections it wouldnât have made Starmer PM, so didnât really matter. I think that if Starmer does step down or he gets kicked out, that might be a different matter depending on who becomes the leader, also realistically and I think heâs been badly treated, the same goes for if Boris steps down or gets kicked out, think the only way that would happen though is if other cabinet members follow Oliver Dowden.
BIB Oliver Dowden wasnât a âproperâ minister, though:
On 24th June 2022, Oliver Dowden resigned as Co-Chairman of the Conservative Party and Minister without Portfolio as result of the 2022 Tiverton and Honiton by-election and 2022 Wakefield by-election saying: âWe cannot carry on with business as usualâ and âSomebody must take responsibilityâ.
A minister without portfolio is either a government minister with no specific responsibilities or a minister who does not head a particular ministry
In the United Kingdom, the Minister without Portfolio is often a cabinet position, and is sometimes used to enable people such as the Chairman of the Conservative Party or the Chair of the Labour Party to attend cabinet meetings.
A sinecure, then âŠ
Nevertheless, another smack on the head for BJ âŠ
Think thatâs what they call in the trade as ânit pickingâ. He was the minister who was supposed to have been doing the media rounds this morning and Priti Patel had to stand in for him.
And in the wikipedia link it says that he was an unpaid minister. But you called him a sinecure, sinecureâs are usually paid for their position, I can nit pick too you know
I used the word âusuallyâ and also how many searches did you have to go through to find one that suits what you said. Think youâll find far more that says the same as Cambridge:
