These are the 61 general election candidates in the Bristol area

The ten sitting MPs in Bristol, South Gloucestershire, North Somerset and North East Somerset are all hoping to defend their seats at the general election on July 4.

Labour currently holds the five Bristol constituencies, including newly created Bristol North East where the party’s nominee, Damien Egan, is on the ballot sheet having ousted the Conservatives at a by-election in February for Kingswood, which no longer exists because of boundary changes.

Tory incumbents are seeking to be re-elected in the other five, including ex-government minister Jacob Rees-Mogg who is expected to face a close race against Labour’s current West of England mayor and former Westminster frontbencher Dan Norris.

The Conservatives, Labour, Liberal Democrats and Greens are fielding candidates for every seat in the region.

Reform UK is contesting all but one seat; the Social Democratic Party has four hopefuls; there are four independents; and one apiece for the Trade Unionist & Socialist Coalition, Monster Raving Loony Party, the Workers Party and the Party of Women.

Here is the full list of the 61 candidates:
(* indicates sitting MP. ** indicates sitting MP for the former Kingswood constituency.)

Bristol Central
Robert Clarke – Reform UK
Nicholas Coombes – Lib Dem
* Thangam Debbonaire – Labour
Carla Denyer – Green
Kellie-Jay Keen – Party of Women
Samuel Williams – Conservative

Bristol East
Wael Arafat – Independent
Dan Conaghan – Conservative
Claire Dunnage – Social Democratic
* Kerry McCarthy – Labour
Farooq Siddique – Independent
Ani Stafford-Townsend – Green
Tony Sutcliffe – Lib Dem

Bristol North East
Asif Ali – Independent
** Damien Egan – Labour
Lorraine Francis – Green
Louise Harris – Lib Dem
Rose Hulse – Conservative
Anthony New – Reform UK
Dan Smart – Trade Unionist & Socialist Coalition
Tommy Trueman – Social Democratic

Bristol North West
Caroline Gooch – Lib Dem
* Darren Jones – Labour
Scarlett O’Connor – Reform UK
Mary Page – Green
Laura Saunders – Conservative
Ben Smith – Social Democratic

Bristol South
Jai Breitnauer – Green
Liz Brennan – Conservative
Andrew Brown – Lib Dem
Neil Norton – Social Democratic
* Karin Smyth – Labour
Richard Visick – Reform UK

Filton & Bradley Stoke
Benet Allen – Lib Dem
Stephen Burge – Reform UK
Claire Hazelgrove – Labour
* Jack Lopresti – Conservative
James Nelson – Green

Thornbury & Yate
Andrew Banwell – Reform UK
* Luke Hall – Conservative
Alexandra Jenner-Fust – Green
Rob Logan – Labour
Claire Young – Lib Dem

North East Somerset & Hanham
Barmy Brunch – Monster Raving Loony
Edmund Cannon – Green
Nicholas Hales – Independent
Paul MacDonnell – Reform UK
Dan Norris – Labour
* Jacob Rees-Mogg – Conservative
Dine Romero – Lib Dem

North Somerset
Sadik Al-Hassan – Labour
Suneil Basu – Workers Party
Ash Cartman – Lib Dem
* Liam Fox – Conservative
Alexander Kokkinoftas – Reform UK
Oscar Livesey-Lodwick – Green

Weston-super-Mare
Dan Aldridge – Labour
Thomas Daw – Green
Patrick Keating – Lib Dem
Richard Pearse – Reform UK
* John Penrose – Conservative

Main photo: Karin Smyth, Kerry McCarthy, Darren Jones & Thangam Debbonaire

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