List of Candidates

The General Election in the UK takes place on Thursday 4 July.

Here are the candidates standing in our local parliamentary seats:

WIGAN

Brian Crombie-Fisher, Liberal Democrats
Jan Cunliffe, Independent
Andy Dawber, Reform UK
Jane Leicester, Green
Henry Mitson, Conservative
Lisa Nandy, Labour
Maureen O'Bern, Independent
The Zok, Independent

LEIGH AND ATHERTON

Craig Buckley, English Democrats
Amelia Jones, Green
Jo Platt, Labour
Stuart Thomas, Liberal Democrats
Michael Winstanley, Conservative
George Woodward, Reform UK

MAKERFIELD

Thomas Bryer, English Democrats
Maria Deery, Green
Simon Finkelstein, Conservative
Robert Kenyon, Reform UK
Josh Simons, Labour
John Skipworth, Liberal Democrats

Additionally, there is a local by election to be held on the same day for the LEIGH SOUTH WARD.  This vacancy is for a seat on Wigan Council.  The candidates are as follows:

Craig Buckley, Independent
Barbara Caren, Labour
Jayson Hargreaves, Leigh & Atherton Independents
Christopher John Noon, Liberal Democrats
Brodie Andrew Prescott, Green
Eileen Strathearn, Conservative