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Voters prepare to go to the polls

09:07, 06 April 2010

updated: 11:07, 06 April 2010

Voters go to the polls tomorrow (Thursday) to decide who will represent them in parliament.

Eight candidates are fighting for the Dover and Deal seat and four in Thanet South.

The Dover and Deal candidates are (in alphabetical order): John Brigden (Liberal Democrat), David Clark (Christian Peoples Alliance), Charlie Elphicke (Conservative), George Lee-Delisle (Independent), Vic Matcham (UK Independence Party), Gwyn Prosser (Labour), Mike Walters (English Democrats “Putting England First”), and Dennis Whiting (British National Party).

Mr Prosser is defending a majority of 4,941.

Dover and Deal is one the marginal constituencies which all the parties have been targeting as a key seat to win if they are to have an overall majority in Parliament.

The four candidates for the Thanet South parliamentary seat are Peter Bucklitsch (Liberal Democrat), Stephen Ladyman (Labour), Laura Sandys (Conservative) and Trevor Shonk (UK Independence Party).
At the last election Dr Ladyman had a majority of 810.

Voting takes place from 7am to 10pm.

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