GE2019: Four candidates will battle it out in Louth & Horncastle

Clockwise from top-left: Victoria Atkins, Ellie Green, Peter Hill, Ross Pepper.

Victoria Atkins has been warned she will face a battle retaining her seat as Louth and Horncastle MP in next month’s General Election.

That is the message from the Labour, Liberal Democrat, and Official Monster Raving Loony Party candidates as they look to end Conservative dominance of the seat, historically one of the safest in the country.

The deadline for candidate nominations closed last night (November 14), with four candidates confirmed to be contesting the seat.

Labour named Ellie Green as their candidate last week, following on from the announcement of Ross Pepper for the Liberal Democrats.

The Official Monster Raving Loony Party’s Peter Hill - standing under the name ‘The Iconic Arty-Pole’ is also contesting the seat for the third time in four years.

Conservative Victoria Atkins, a Home Office Minister, confirmed last week that she will defend the seat.

Labour’s Ellie Green grew up in Chapel St Leonards and went to Skegness Grammar School before graduating from the University of East Anglia with a degree in English Literature.

She moved to Louth and has worked locally as a library assistant, a retail assistant, a broadcaster, a proof-reader and as an accounting assistant for Oxfam. She stood as the Labour candidate for Louth St Mary’s ward in the 2019 district council elections.

Ms Green said: “I’ve seen the importance of a great NHS and education in our country, and I’ve seen how much better off our country is under a Labour government that properly looks after NHS hospitals, staff, patients, schools, teachers and pupils.

“I’ve seen the divisions caused in our society by