Gwent parliamentary candidates confirmed after deadline passes

Six parties are contesting all of Gwent’s seven constituencies in Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Islwyn, Monmouth, Newport East, Newport West and Torfaen.

The Socialist Labour Party has put forward two candidates, the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition have put forward two, one English Democrat candidate is standing, one from the Communist Party and one from the Monster Raving Loony Party.

For Blaenau Gwent, the candidates are:

UKIP – Susan Boucher

Plaid Cymru – Steffan Lewis

Green – Mark Pond

Liberal Democrats – Samuel Rees

Labour – Nick Smith

Conservatives – Tracey West

Caerphilly:

Liberal Democrats – Aladdin Ayesh

Green – Katy Beddoe

Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition – Jaime Davies

Labour – Wayne David

Conservatives – Leo Docherty

UKIP – Sam Gould

Plaid Cymru – Beci Newton

Islwyn:

Plaid Cymru – Lyn Ackerman

Liberal Democrats – Brendan D’Cruz

Labour – Chris Evans

Conservatives – Laura Jones

Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition – Joshua Rawcliffe

UKIP – Joe Smyth

Green – Peter Varley

Monster Raving Loony Party: Baron Von Magpie

Monmouth:

Plaid Cymru – Jonathan T Clark

Conservatives – David Davies

UKIP – Gareth Dunn

Liberal Democrats – Veronica German

Labour – Ruth Jones

English Democrats – Stephen Morris

Green – Christopher Were

Newport East:

Conservatives – Natasha Asghar

Liberal Democrats – Paul Halliday

Green – David McLean

Labour – Jessica Morden

Plaid Cymru – Tony Salkeld

Socialist Labour Party – Shangara Singh Bhatoe

UKIP – David Stock

Newport West:

Green – Pippa Bartolotti

Plaid Cymru – Simon Coopey

Labour – Paul Flynn

UKIP – Gordon Norrie

Liberal Democrats – Ed Townsend

Conservatives – Nick Webb

Torfaen:

UKIP – Ken Beswick

Green – Matt Cooke

Socialist Labour Party – John Cox

Communist Party – Mark Eric Griffiths

Plaid Cymru – Boydd Hackley-Green

Conservatives – Graham Smith

Labour – Nick Thomas-Symonds

Liberal Democrats – Alison Willott