Monday evening saw the launch of the Isle of Wight Reform UK candidates' campaigns.

Sarah Morris for Isle of Wight East, and Ian Pickering for Isle of Wight West both spoke to a packed audience of 140 supporters alongside party leader, Richard Tice.

Richard had been booked to come down to the Island, but after the announcement of the general election his attendance was "pulled into question".

A spokesperson said: "Richard honoured his promise to speak on our beautiful Island, making it one of his first engagements in his extremely busy run up to the election, as he also has his own constituency campaign to run.

"The energy in the room was fantastic, there was a really positive mood with lots of excellent questions and answers.

"Sarah and Ian are very keen to get going with their calendar of upcoming events, including the various hustings evenings where they are looking forward to answering your questions and meeting voters.

"They will be out knocking on doors campaigning in a street near you soon."

For more information regarding Reform UK, go to www.reformparty.uk or find Sarah and Ian on their own sites and social media pages.

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Who is standing on the Isle of Wight this General Election?
 

In Isle of Wight West, parliamentary candidates standing are Green Party's Cameron Palin; Ian Pickering, Reform UK candidate; Richard Quigley, of Island Labour; Conservative Bob Seely; Liberal Democrat's Nick Stuart.

For Isle of Wight East, Emily Brothers is standing for Labour; Michael Lilley for the Lib Dems; Vix Lowthion for the Green Party; Sarah Morris for Reform UK and Joe Robertson for the Conservatives.