Prospective?

There was never going to be a "Reform Party". Nigel Farage's wholly expected return to full-time, paid media work adds the Brexit Party's total at last year's General Election to the Conservative Party's tally in each seat. 

Here at North West Durham, where the Brexit Party finished third, that adds 3193. Watts Stelling, by then in his seventies, is unlikely to give it a fourth go in 2024, so that is further 1216. 

Only some of my 414 were and are sitting Labour Councillors with every intention of seeking reelection as such next year, but leave aside those of my voters who would otherwise have voted Conservative. 

Even without them, then Richard Holden's working majority is now a healthy 5523. It is no wonder that the Constituency Labour Party cannot find a Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for North West Durham.