Suffolk Chamber General Election hustings update: names of attending candidates released

Suffolk Chamber of Commerce has confirmed the list of candidates who have confirmed their attendance at the business organisation’s four General Election hustings.The online meetings are aimed at bringing the Chamber’s members and Parliamentary candidates together to discuss the key issues impacting on future sustainable business growth in the county.

The leading business organisation had already announced three hustings in Lowestoft (24^th June), Waveney Valley (19^th June) and West Suffolk (18^th June). Its 12^th June hustings in Ipswich, in association with the University of Suffolk, Suffolk New College and Ipswich Central, had to be postponed as the Chamber had not received confirmation of availability from all candidates. This has now been rescheduled to 25^th June.

All meetings will take place between 5pm and 6.30pm.

Candidates (in alphabetical order) who have confirmed their attendance at the respective hustings are as follows:

West Suffolk: Henry Batchelor (Liberal Democrat), Rebecca Denness (Labour), Mark Eriera-Guyer (Green), Ivan Kinsman (Social Democrat), Luke O’Brien (Independent), Katie Parker (Independent), Nick Timothy (Conservative)

Waveney Valley:  Scott Huggins (Reform), Gurpreet Padda (Labour), Adrian Ramsey (Green), Richard Rout (Conservative), Maya Severyn (Social Democrat), John Shreeve (Liberal Democrat)

Lowestoft: Peter Aldous (Conservative), Jess Asato (Labour), Toby Hammond (Green), Adam Robertson (Liberal Democrat)

Ipswich: Jack Abbott (Labour), Terence Charles (Heritage), Adria Pittock (Green), James Sandbach (Liberal Democrat).

Suffolk Chamber members can reserve their places by going to: https://my.suffolkchamber.co.uk/events.html

Suffolk Chamber is surveying all Parliamentary candidates to find out the extent to which they are in agreement with this 15-point programme. The research results will be shared with its members initially and then the whole of the county’s business community to help them make informed electoral decisions.