Hustings for Frome and East Somerset on 2nd July – meet the candidates

Frome Town Council is organising the hustings for the forthcoming UK general election, which takes place at the Cheese and Grain, Market Yard, Frome on Tuesday 2^nd July from 7pm to 9pm. All prospective parliamentary candidates for the new constituency of Frome and East Somerset have been invited to attend, ahead of the general election on Thursday 4^th July. Boundary changes in Somerset, approved by central government earlier in 2024, have increased the number of constituencies in Somerset from five to seven and Frome’s former constituency of Somerton and Frome no longer exists.

Martin Dimery (Green), Gavin Heathcote (Independent), Shaun Hughes (Independent), Robin Moss (Labour)

The hustings offers a chance to meet the prospective candidates, put your questions forward, listen to the views of others living in Frome and East Somerset, and get involved.

The seven candidates standing in Frome and East Somerset on 4^th July (in alphabetical order) are:

Martin Dimery – Green Party
Gavin Heathcote – Independent
Shaun Hughes (Independent)
Robin Moss – Labour Party
Anna Sabine – Liberal Democrats
David Swain – Reform UK
Lucy Trimnell– Conservative Party

Anna Sabine (Liberal Democrat), David Swain (Reform UK), Lucy Trimnell (Conservative)

Update: The hustings event is sold out: watch the livestream on the FTC YouTube channel