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The Conservative Party has put forward a candidate, as have the Labour Party; though the Liberal Democrats has not, they have thrown their weight behind Mrs. Barnes.
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Ann Barnes...may have blotted her independent ticket by linking up with Lynne Beaumont and the Liberal Democrats.
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Mrs Barnes' campaign is being masterminded by Peter Carroll, who stood twice in Folkestone and Hythe and once in Maidstone as a Lib Dem parliamentary candidate.
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