Peter Barton, Green

Peter is Chair of West and South Dorset Green Party and is a retired education adviser and teacher trainer. He has lived in Frampton, where he is a Parish Councillor, for 21-years.

David Glossop, Ukip

Ros Kayes, Liberal Democrat

Ros Kayes has worked for the BBC and GLC, as well as in the fields of education and health. In 2007, Ros was elected to West Dorset District Council, where she is Deputy Leader of the Lib Dem group. In 2010, she was the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidate in South Dorset and in 2013 she was elected as the Bridport member for Dorset County Council.

Oliver Letwin, Conservative

Oliver Letwin has represented West Dorset in Parliament since 1997. He is married to Isabel Letwin CBE, and has two grown-up children. His lives in Thorncombe, near Beaminster. Oliver has been a research fellow at Cambridge University, a civil servant and a bank director. 

Rachel Rogers, Labour

Rachel Rogers grew up in rural West Oxfordshire.  After studying at Durham University and working in Europe and Asia. She has worked in the Prison Service before leaving as a senior caseworker for Lord Jim Knight and also as a teacher of modern languages.