Things are fast moving in the selection of candidates to stand under the joint Conservative/UUP banner at the general election. Further to yesterday's story about candidates in Northern Ireland, the BBC is reporting that the Joint Committee of both parties has already agreed on which candidates will stand in nine of the province's eighteen constituencies.
They are:
- Belfast East - Trevor Ringland
- Belfast West - Bill Manwaring
- Down South - John McCallister MLA
- Lagan Valley - Daphne Trimble
- Newry and Armagh - Danny Kennedy MLA
- Strangford - Mike Nesbitt
- Tyrone West - Ross Hussey
- Ulster Mid - Sandra Overend
- Upper Bann - Harry Hamilton
