THE full list of candidates who will be standing locally in next month’s General Election has been revealed.

On December 12 the British public will go to the polls for the third election in five years in an election that is likely to be dominated by the Brexit debate.

In this election all five of the District’s sitting MPs will be defending their seats.

Labour, the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats have candidates in all five wards.

The Green Party will have candidates in all wards apart from Keighley.

And the Brexit Party are fielding candidates in all constituencies apart from Shipley, where Conservative MP Philip Davies is defending his seat. The party had previously announced it would not be running candidates against sitting Conservative MPs.

The Yorkshire Party are fielding candidates in Shipley and Keighley.

And there is one independent candidate - Azfar Shah Bukhari, who is standing in Bradford West. He has given his address as being in Pakistan.

Two prominent councillors are standing for the party in the election.

Lib Dem leader on the Council Jeanette Sunderland, who represents Idle and Thackley, is running to be MP of Bradford East.

And Lib Dem councillor Alun Griffiths, a former Deputy Lord Mayor who also represents Idle and Thackley, is vying to be MP in Bradford South.

The candidates standing in Bradford District are:

BRADFORD SOUTH

  • CUMMINS, Judith Mary (address in Bradford South) - Labour Party
  • EDWARDS, Matthew Clive (address in Shipley) - Green Party
  • GRIFFITHS, Alun Owen (Coach Lane, Bradford) - Liberal Democrats
  • MANIK, Kulvinder Singh (address in Pudsey) - Brexit Party
  • SEKHON, Narinder Singh (address in Bradford East) - Conservative Party

 

BRADFORD EAST

  • BARRAS, Jonathan Daniel Stewart (Roundwood Avenue, Bradford) - Brexit Party
  • HUSSAIN, Imran (Leaventhorpe Lane, Bradford) - Labour Party
  • KEMKARAN, Linden Mary (address in Sevenoaks) - Conservative Party
  • STANFORD, Andy (Thornmead Road, Baildon) - Green Party
  • SUNDERLAND, Jeanette (Westfield Lane, Idle) - Liberal Democrats

 

BRADFORD WEST

  • AFZAL, Mohammed, (address in Pendle) - Conservative Party
  • BUKHARI, Azfar Shah (address in Pakistan) - Independent
  • CHRISTIE, Mark (address in Skipton & Ripon) - Liberal Democrats
  • HODGSON, Derrick John (address in Shipley) - Brexit Party
  • PARKINSON, Darren James (Hirst Wood Road, Shipley) - Green Party
  • SHAH, Naz (address in Bradford West) - Labour Party

 

KEIGHLEY

  • BARTON, Mark (address in Shipley) - Yorkshire Party
  • FRANKS, Tom (address in Keighley) - Liberal Democrats
  • GROGAN, John Timothy (Bradford Road, Burley-In-Wharfedale) - Labour Party
  • KHAN, Waqas Ali (address in Bradford West) - Brexit Party
  • MOORE, Robbie (Wells Road, Ilkley) - Conservative Party
  • ROSE, Matthew Edward (Stephenson Drive, Silsden) - Social Democratic Party

 

PUDSEY

  • AITCHISON, Jane (South Parade, Pudsey) - Labour
  • ANDREW, Stuart, (Town Street, Guiseley) - Conservative
  • BUXTON, Bob (Markham Crescent, Rawdon) - Yorkshire Party
  • DALEY, Quinn, (Whitehall Quay, Leeds) - Green Party
  • DOWLING, Ian (Woodhall Park Mount, Pudsey) - Liberal Democrats

 

SHIPLEY

  • DAVIES Philip Andrew (address in Tatton) - Conservative Party
  • HICKSON Celia Ruth (address in Bradford West) - Green Party
  • JONES Caroline Rosemary (Heather Rise, Burley In Wharfedale) - Liberal Democrats
  • LONGHORN Darren James (Cygnet Way, Shipley) - Yorkshire Party
  • PIKE Jo (Bradford Road, Shipley) - Labour Party

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