THE final list of candidates for the forthcoming General Election has been confirmed.

The candidates standing in seats in our region are:

YORK CENTRAL

Hugh Bayley (Labour)
Susan Wade Weeks (Conservative)
Christian Vassie (Liberal Democrat)
Andrew Chase (Green Party)
Paul Abbott (UKIP)
Jeff Kelly (BNP)
Eddie Vee (Monster Raving Loony William Hill Party).


YORK OUTER

Madeleine Kirk (Liberal Democrat)
Julian Sturdy (Conservative)
James Alexander (Labour)
Judith Morris (UKIP)
Cathy Smurthwaite (BNP).


SELBY AND AINSTY

Nigel Adams (Conservative)
Jan Marshall (Labour)
Tom Holvey (Liberal Democrat)
Darren Haley (UKIP)
Duncan Lorriman (BNP)
Graham Michael Glynn (English Democrats).


THIRSK AND MALTON

Anne McIntosh (Conservative)
Jonathan Roberts (Labour)
Howard Keal (Liberal Democrat)
John Boakes (UKIP)
John Clark (Liberal).


SCARBOROUGH AND WHITBY

Robert Goodwill (Conservative)
Annajoy David (Labour)
Tania Exley-Moore (Liberal Democrat)
Dilys Vine Cluer (Green Party)
Michael John James (UKIP)
Trisha Scott (BNP)
Peter Popple (Independent)
Juliet Marie Boddington (Alliance for Green Socialism).


EAST YORKSHIRE

Greg Knight (Conservative)
Paul Rounding (Labour)
Robert Adamson (Liberal Democrat)
Michael Jackson (Green Party)
Chris Daniels (UKIP)
Gary Pudsey (BNP)
Ray Allerston (Social Democratic Party).


SKIPTON AND RIPON

Julian Smith (Conservative)
Claire Hazelgrove (Labour)
Helen Flynn (Liberal Democrat)
Rodney Mills (UKIP)
Bernard Allen (BNP)
Roger Bell (Independent)
Dylan Gilligan (The Youth Party)
Robert Leakey (Virtue Currency Cognitive Appraisal Party).


• The list of candidates for the Harrogate and Knaresborough constituency to follow.