3,322 candidates stood in the 2019 general election, which was held on 12 December 2019. [1] The deadline for parties and individuals to file candidate nomination papers to the acting returning officer (and the deadline for candidates to withdraw) was 16:00 on 14 November 2019. [2]
A record number of women took part, with 1,120 female candidates in total (34%). [3] The election also saw the highest ever number of transgender and non-binary candidates, ten overall. [4]
The Conservative Party put forward the most candidates, standing in 635 of the UK's 650 seats. The Labour Party contested 631, the Liberal Democrats 611, the various Green parties [n 1] (a total of 497), and the Brexit Party 275. [3] The total number of candidates by party is shown below:
The following candidates withdrew from campaigning or had support from their party withdrawn after the close of nominations and so will remain on the ballot paper in their constituency.
Candidate | Party | Constituency | Reason for withdrawal | Date | |
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Safia Ali | Labour | Falkirk | Prior antisemitic posts on Facebook [6] | 28 November 2019 | |
Amjad Bashir | Conservative | Leeds North East | Made antisemitic comments in 2014 [7] [8] | 20 November 2019 [9] [10] | |
Sophie Cook | Independent | East Worthing and Shoreham | Reported experience of abuse and harassment [11] | 19 November 2019 | |
Victor Farrell | Brexit Party | Glenrothes | Homophobic comments in 2017 [12] | 18 November 2019 | |
Neale Hanvey | SNP | Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath | Allegations of antisemitism in a 2016 Facebook post [13] | 28 November 2019 | |
Ryan Houghton | Conservative | Aberdeen North | Antisemitic, Islamophobic and homophobic tweets in 2012 [14] | 19 November 2019 | |
Ivan Lewis | Independent | Bury South | Urged voters to vote Conservative [15] | 4 December 2019 | |
Ben Mathis | Liberal Democrats | Hackney North and Stoke Newington | Offensive tweets up to 2018 [16] | 24 November 2019 | |
Waheed Rafiq | Liberal Democrats | Birmingham Hodge Hill | Antisemitic comments up to 2014 [17] | 20 November 2019 | |
Flora Scarabello | Conservative | Glasgow Central | Islamophobic comments [18] | 27 November 2019 |