UKIP dump South Basildon and East Thurrock candidate Kerry Smith

Your Thurrock reports:

The UKIP candidate for South Basildon and East Thurrock has been de-selected.

Kerry Smith is the leader of the UKIP group in Basildon District Council as well a county councillor for Essex and was seen as the architect and engine room for a number of their successes in the area.

He was the UKIP candidate in the 2010 General Election and had been selected some time ago to fight against the Conservative MP, Stephen Metcalfe…

YT spoke to Mr Smith on Friday morning. He appeared to be completely unaware of any de-selection process.