Chris Heaton-Harris has announced that he will not be standing at the next general election; Elected to Parliament in 2010 he has served in a number of ministerial jobs, most recently as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
The Alliance Party has selected Sian Mulholland MLA as their candidate for North Antrim in the upcoming general election; a seat currently held by the Democratic Unionist Party with a 12k majority.
The Alliance Party has selected Alderman Richard Stewart to contest the general election in East Londonderry; The seat is currently held by the Democratic Unionist Party’s Gregory Campbell.
The Ulster Unionist Party has today announced their candidate for Mid Ulster in the upcoming general election. Jay Basra will attempt to gain the seat from current holders Sinn Féin.
Michelle Guy was first elected as a councillor for Castlereagh South in 2019, and has now been selected by local party members to contest the upcoming Westminster election in Strangford.
Easton has been in the Assembly since 2003 and was first elected as a DUP candidate, but resigned from the party in 2021. He is to stand in North Down in the upcoming general election against Alliance’s Stephen Farry.
Ulster Unionist Robin Swann is to step down as Health Minister when his general election campaign starts; He will be standing for the UUP in South Antrim in an attempt to gain the seat from the DUP’s Paul Girvan.
Blair was co-opted into the South Antrim seat formerly held by David Ford in 2018 and was re-elected in the 2022 Assembly election.
TUV leader Jim Allister and Reform UK leader Richard Tice today formed a partnership to contest the upcoming general election, signing a ‘memorandum of understanding’.
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