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Ukip’s selections delayed a month
UKIP has postponed selecting its candidate for the super-marginal Maidstone south east county coun- cil division until the end of No- vember. The names of those selected to
fight all the Maidstone seats were meant to have beenmadeby the end of October. But Downs Mail under- stands that this has been put back for a further month so that the national party can elect a new leader and top table.
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ber one target seat for Ukip locally, currently held by the Conservative Gary Cooke. The top tip to be chosen to stand against Cllr Cooke is the Ukip bor- ough councillor and Chegworth res- ident Eddie Powell. He said he has yet to make up his mind whether he will stand in the county elections. Cllr Powell helped persuade Downswood and Otham independ- ent borough member Gordon New- ton, who carries a huge personal following, to join Ukip. Cllr Powell said: “I haven’t made
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up my mind yet. I know there has been a lot of interest from people wanting to stand in all the divisions and the south east, in particular. “Despite some of the issues we
have faced nationally, Ukip is very strong locally.” Ukip has slumped in the national
Cllrs Gordon Newton and Eddie Powell
opinion polls after the leader to suc- ceed Nigel Farage resigned after just 18 days and the favourite to win a subsequent contest ended up in hos- pital after a scuffle with another MEP. Asenior local Tory source said: “It
would be a mistake to think that Ukip is a busted flush, not on a local level. Maidstone south east is a winnable seat for them. “But Gary Cooke can rely on a bedrock of goodwill he has built up over years of hard work and com- mitment to the area.” Cllr Cooke scraped in in 2013 by
283 votes, just in front of Labour. Ukip is confident it can steal both Tory and Labour supporters. By contrast, Cllr Cooke’s neigh-
bour and Tory ally Jenny Whittle, who leaves KCC next year, enjoys a majority of 2,225 in Maidstone rural east. That seat will be fought by Shel- lina Prendergast for the Conserva- tives.
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