Summary

  • Live coverage as BBC Radio Northampton hosted a debate with Wellingborough's by-election candidates

  • The seat held by Conservative MP Peter Bone was vacated following a recall petition

  • Voters will go to the polls on 15 February

  • Six candidates took part in the debate

  • A full list of candidates can be found here - https://bbc.in/3UhGrGj

  • You can listen back in full here - https://bbc.in/3SGTcck

Live Reporting

Martin Heath and Andy Trigg

  1. Welcome to the Wellingborough by-election debate

    Martin Heath
    BBC Radio Northampton

    Hello - and welcome to our live coverage.

    Following a recall petition triggered by MP Peter Bone's suspension from the House of Commons, a by-election will be held in Wellingborough later this month.

    BBC Radio Northampton has invited six of the candidates for a live debate hosted in Wellingborough by Annabel Amos, and we will be previewing and following the discussion here.

    The live guests, by alphabetical order, are:

    Ana Savage Gunn (Liberal Democrats)

    Ben Habib (Reform UK)

    Helen Harrison (Conservative)

    Gen Kitchen (Labour)

    Will Morris (Green)

    Marion Turner-Hawes (Independent)

    You can find a full list of candidates here.

    The debate begins at 09:00 GMT and you can listen via BBC Sounds, as well as on your radio.

    Aerial shot of Wellingborough