I’M aware that there may be some interested parties on here who, thanks to the Brexit Party standing aside in certain constituencies, will find themselves without a voice come December 12. If Brexit is your game or you can’t see yourself putting a cross in the progressive incumbent’s box, there is another option. Rather than spoil your ballot paper, UKIP will be standing in certain seats. Not many, but enough to remind the mainstream that they are still there.
I, unfortunately, will be spoiling my ballot paper since there is no one in my constituency to vote for, but had I a UKIP candidate standing, my cross would go into his or her box. In my opinion they have a great manifesto and set of policies across the spectrum of concerns – such that several have found their way into the Labour, Conservative and Brexit Party manifestos. An updated version of their manifesto is due to be published.
UKIP are no longer fashionable – if they ever were – so no one is taking any notice of them, let alone giving the party a cat in hell’s chance. However they will be standing in certain constituencies currently occupied by an incumbent Remainer, where the Brexit Party Candidate has been stood down and which now have no other Leave option to vote for. Bognor Regis is one of the prime examples.
All I ask is that Leavers resident in these areas who follow this website at least consider this extra option on polling day. Even if their vote for UKIP should be one of protest, if it is for the only Leaver on the menu it’s much better than spoiling your paper.
Here is a list of constituencies where this option exists:
Birmingham Northfield – Kenneth Lowry
Bognor Regis & Littlehampton – David Kurten
Brighton Pavilion – Nigel Furness
Carlisle – Fiona Mills
Colne Valley – Melanie Roberts
Croydon South – Kathleen Garner
Dulwich & West Norwood – John Plume
East Dunbartonshire – Donald Mackay
East Hampshire – Jim Makin
East Kilbride, Strathaven & Lesmahagow – David Mackay
East Lothian – David Sisson
Eddisbury – Andrea Allen
Exeter – Duncan Odgers
Gillingham – Robert McCulloch
Hertford & Stortford – Alistair Lindsay Martin
Holborn & St Pancras – Mohammed Ali Bhatti
Houghton & Sunderland South – Richard Elvin
Kingston & Surbiton – Roger Glencross
Lagan Valley – Alan Love
Leigh – Leon Peters
Mole Valley – Geoffrey Cox
Moray – Rob Scorer
Motherwell & Wishaw – Neil Wilson
Norwich North – David Moreland
Ochil & South Perthshire – Stuart Martin
Oldham West & Royton – Anthony Prince
Reigate – Julia Searle
Rochester & Strood – Roy Freshwater
Romsey & Southampton North – Geoff Bentley
Runnymede & Weybridge – Nicholas Wood
Rushcliffe – Matthew Faithfull
Rutherglen & Hamilton West – Janice Mackay
Rutland & Melton – Marietta King
Sheffield Brightside & Hillsborough – Shane Harper
Sheffield Hallam – Michael Virgo
Southampton Itchen – Kim Rose
Strangford – Robert Stephenson
Surrey Heath – David Simon Roe
Tamworth – Robert Bilcliff
Tiverton & Honiton – Margaret Dennis
Uxbridge & South Ruislip – Geoff Courtenay
Washington & Sunderland West – Keith Jenkins
Woking – Troy De Leon
Wycombe – Vijay Srao
