Labour, who stood future Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves, was pushed into fourth place by Nigel Farage of the UK Independence Party.

[2] The Liberal Democrats selected London Borough of Bromley councillor Ben Abbotts.

[4] The UK Independence Party selected Nigel Farage MEP, who represents South East England in the European Parliament.

[6] Two independent candidates were validly nominated: John Hemming-Clark and Nick Hadziannis.

The English Democrats selected Steven Uncles[7] and candidates from the Money Reform Party and the National Front also ran.