STOP PRESS: UKIP Candidate Defects to Conservatives in Brighton and Hove

 

Former Talk Sport presenter, Mike Mendoza, has stood down as UKIP's Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Hove & Portslade and resigned from UKIP at the same time. 

Mr Mendoza will re-join the Conservative Party and support Mike Weatherley in the forthcoming General Election.

Mike Weatherley said: 'It is great to welcome Mike to the Conservative Party and I am looking forward to working with him in the forthcoming campaign.