PROSPECTIVE parliamentary candidates for Newbury have been announced.

The Brexit Party has revealed that leading entrepreneur in the legal services market, David Jabbari, will stand as their parliamentary candidate.

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He will contest the constituency in the next general election.

Mr Jabbari said: "I have been selected as the Brexit party parliamentary candidate for Newbury and will defend democracy here.

"Our party welcomes the fact that Richard Benyon has been deselected, as these MPs have been working to subvert the will of the British people by blocking a clean-break Brexit.

"Of course, I hope the Conservative Party selects a new candidate who believes in Britain's bright future after Brexit for the general election.

"However, I will be here to offer a democratic alternative to the people of Newbury that is loyal to the referendum result delivered more than three years ago and I will hold the other candidate's feet to the fire on this issue."

The Liberal Democrats have announced that councillor Lee Dillon has been chosen as their prospective parliamentary candidate.

Mr Dillon is a local family man who has been an activist in the party since he was 15 years old in Thatcham.

Lee is the leader of the Liberal Democrat group on West Berkshire Council, the Mayor of Thatcham, and local party Campaign Chair.

A spokesperson for the Liberal Democrats said: "Lee has remarkably well-tuned political judgement, honed by lots of hard campaigning graft over the years.

"He is widely liked, as testified by his very emphatic win in the local party election for the PPC position."

The Green Party has elected Steve Masters, a councillor for West Berkshire.

Mr Masters is the chairman of local mental health charity, Eight Bells.

He also led the petition for West Berkshire council to declare a climate emergency.