Halifax candidates: who gets your vote?
ECONOMIC GROWTH, improved transport links, climate change, and Brexit are the main talking points for candidates up and down the country, and topics for debate in the Halifax constituency mirror those nationally.
After first becoming Labour MP for Halifax in 2015 by just 428 votes, two years later Holly Lynch had a majority of 5376 over Conservative candidate
Chris Pearson with a total of 25,507 votes.
This time round there is a new Halifax Conservative candidate Kashif Ali.
The two major party candidates will hope to overturn pressure from the constituency’s other three prospective parliamentary candidates (PPCs).
For the second election in a row, the Liberal Democrats have put forward candidate and Warley councillor James Baker.
Campaigning for the Brexit Party is candidate Sarah Wood, who will hope to become the next Halifax MP in order to respect the majority of the UK which voted Leave during the 2016 EU Referedum.
Bella Jessop, who is the youngest candidate at 22 years old, will be flying the flag for the Green Party.
As well as covering Halifax, the constituency for this election also covers Sowerby Bridge.
One of the main reasons behind the General Election on December 12 is because currently the Conservative Party do not have enough MPs to easily pass new laws.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson is hoping an early election will bolster his party’s numbers to make processes easier.
This is pivotal for the PM in order to continue his plans for Brexit, which has been pushed back to January 31 next year.
The General Election count for both the Calder Valley and Halifax constituencies starts at 10pm, in the North Bridge Leisure Centre on North Bridge Street, Halifax.