The ward with one seat up for election and 13 candidates from the same party
An unlikely move in Kingston upon Thames, even for the Monster Raving Loony Party:
Hat-tip: JK Sees.
Unusual candidate moves from Labour too elsehwere:
And in Malling Central ward in Kent Labour are fielding two candidates for one seat. One is a Corbynista, one anti-Corbynista, I’m told. Not the best way to win, I suspect. pic.twitter.com/ltvAYucbRi
— Michael Crick (@MichaelLCrick) April 9, 2021
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two seats to watch.!
Chessington South is clear justification for having a ‘None of the Above’ box on the ballot paper(or in Liberal Democrat terms, RON)
It would have been fun to see the OMRLP trying to do this had they still been required to get 10 signatures for each candidate, rather than the 2 under Covid rules. An illustration why we need to keep the number of signatures on the nomination paper as it is (even if it can make it more difficult for us).