The constituency includes the suburbs of East Wickham, Falconwood, Welling, Blackfen, Bexley and Sidcup.

[8][9][10] The other shortlisted Labour candidates were Marcus Storm, Luke Murphy, and Rachel Taggart-Ryan[relevant?].

[14] The Green Party selected Jonathan Rooks, a lecturer at South Bank University,[15] who had previously contested the seat in 2010.

[16] David Kurten, a Former Member of the London Assembly for UKIP, stood for the Heritage Party, which he founded and leads.

[17] Mad Mike Young, a former Minster Parish Councillor, was selected for the Official Monster Raving Loony Party.