Author: Ferret Journalists
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| The Reform Party has been criticised over allegedly running ‘paper candidates’ in constituencies across the UK.. |
| In the 2024 general election, five candidates were elected as MPs for Reform, and it picked up more than four million votes across the country. This was the third largest vote share of any party. |
| Numerous candidates standing for Reform appeared to have no profile beyond their name and constituency, leading to accusations the party may have listed fake or even AI-generated candidates. |
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Although Mr Farage is pictured above, for West Dunbartonshire the Lib Dem candidate was only a paper candidate, although he did attend the count. The Green Party and the Conservative Party candidates did not attend the count. Food for thought.
How many of these ‘paper candidates’ will there be come the Scottish Parliament elections in which Jackie Baillie will be defending the West Dunbartonshire seat for Labour. And will Maurice Corry turn up again for the Tories?