Brexit Party chairman Nigel Farage speaks during a debate at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, Tuesday July 16, 2019. Outgoing German defense minister Ursula von der Leyen is seeking to woo enough legislators at the European Parliamen
MORE Brexit Party candidates have been announced across Sussex.
Challengers from Nigel Farage’s party will contest Conservative safe seats in Chichester and Bognor, the party has announced.
Hartley Elder has been named as the anti-EU party’s candidate for the Bognor Regis and Littlehampton seat.
He will face off against school standards minister Nick Gibb.
Almost 65 per cent of residents voted leave in the 2016 referendum.
Meanwhile Trevor Bence will contest the seat of Chichester..
Residents voted narrowly in favour of Leave in 2016.
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