We have attempted to reach out to all candidates ahead of the May 2024 elections and offer them an opportunity to upload 3 short videos (max 2 minutes total) responding to 3 questions. Here is the status of the candidate responses so far:
Bishopstoke closes April 20, 2024
Lib Dem: Anne Margaret Winstanley, declined
Conservative: Ben Burcombe-Filer, interested
Labour: Christian Brookes, no response
Independent: Gin Tidridge, interested
Botley closes April 20, 2024
Green: Anna-Belle Skinner, declined
Lib Dem: David Geoffrey lan Kinloch, no response
Conservative: Joy Haythorne, no response
Bursledon and Hound North closes April 20, 2024
Labour: Andrew Merewether-Helps, declined
Green: Katie Louise Court, no response
Conservative: Nick Arnold, no response
Lib Dem: Steve Holes, no response
Chandlers Ford closes April 18, 2024
Lib Dem: David Arthur Pragnell, declined
Green: Nathaniel Joseph Joyce, interested
Conservative: Shelagh Lee, accepted
Labour: Zak Southward, accepted
Eastleigh Central closes April 18, 2024
Reform: Alexander Conrad Culley, accepted
Green: Jack Stapleton, accepted
Labour and Cooperative: Josh Constable, accepted
Lib Dem: Wayne Irish, no response
Conservative: Yogesh Saxena, no response
Eastleigh North closes April 18, 2024
Conservative: Carl Hunter, no response
Green: Ryan Kenneth Gordon Elger, no response
Labour: Sarah Jutsum, no response
Lib Dem: Tanya Park, no response
Eastleigh South closes April 18, 2024
Lib Dem: Alex George Bourne, invited
Reform: Clare Lorraine Fawcett, accepted
Green: Natalie Roebuck, declined
Conservative: Roger Allen Vivian, no response
Labour: Steve Phillips, no response
Fair Oak and Horton Heath closes April 20, 2024
Labour: Alison Phillips, no response
Green: Ben David Parry, interested
Lib Dem: Rico Clay, no response
Conservative: Steve Broomfield, accepted
Hamble and Netley closes April 20, 2024
Labour: Geoff Kosted, no response
Lib Dem: Malcolm Robert Cross, no response
Green: Phil Horton, accepted
Independent: Simon James Hand, no response
Conservative: Steph Arnold, no response
Hedge End North closes April 20, 2024
Conservative: Chris Yates, no response
Lib Dem: Derek Roy Pretty, no response
Labour: Geoff Budd, accepted
Green: Glynn Fleming, accepted
Hedge End South closes April 18, 2024
Green: Geoff Skinner, accepted
Conservative: Jerry Hall, no response
Labour: Keith Day, accepted
Lib Dem: Keith House, no response
Hiltingbury closes April 15, 2024
Labour: Alastair Dilworth, no response
Conservative: Albie Slawson, accepted
Lib Dem: Karl Joseph Attrill, no response
Green: Rich House, accepted
If you know of an alternative means to contact candidates who haven’t yet responded - please do reach out to them and I’ll update this tracker when they make contact.
UPDATE
Oops i forgot to post the outcome of my previous update in this thread. 9/12 of the wards were completed, and the videos can all be found here:
https://hustings.eastleigh.online/
(If you’re not sure which ward you’re in, enter your postcode and hit search)