Brighton Pavilion (UK Parliament constituency) Clarence Mitchell, a former BBC News reporter and spokesman for the family of Madeleine McCann, was selected as the Conservative Party candidate. On 26 April 2017, it was announced that the local Liberal Democrat party had chosen to not field a candidate in the seat during the upcoming snap election, endorsing Caroline Lucas instead due to their shared pro-EU stance. This occurred on the same night as the local Green Party stood aside in Brighton Kemptown in order to ensure the seat was not won by the Conservatives due to a split vote between progressive parties. Caroline Lucas retained Brighton
Candidates in the 2017 United Kingdom general election parties a total of 467, and the UK Independence Party 378. The total number of candidates by party is shown below: As is traditional, the Conservative Party, Labour Party and Liberal Democrats are not standing in the constituency of the Speaker of the House of Commons, Buckingham, although both the Green Party of England and Wales and the UK Independence Party are contesting the seat. Otherwise, the Conservatives, Labour and Liberal Democrats are standing in all constituencies, except the Liberal Democrats are standing aside in Brighton Pavilion and Skipton and Ripon with local parties having decided to support the Green