THE runners and riders have been unveiled in the December sprint for a seat in the House of Commons.

Across Dorset and the New Forest the 10 seats, which had all been won by the Conservatives in the 2017 snap election, will be up for grabs when residents go to the polls on Thursday, December 12.

The full list of candidates for each constituency was published last week.

Nine of the 10 seats will see the winners from two years ago attempt to retain their spot in parliament.

Independent Sir Oliver Letwin, who played a big role in delaying the Brexit process and was elected as a Conservative, has not put himself forward to stand in West Dorset.

Away from the main three parties, the Green Party have fielded a candidate across every Dorset and New Forest seat.

There are three independent candidates, one for the Animal Welfare Party and one with no party stated.

Many of the Conservatives have big majorities to defend at the ballot box.

There are also some familiar faces from the world of local government in Dorset on the candidate list.

BCP Council leader Vikki Slade is standing in Mid Dorset and North Poole, a seat she attempted to win in both 2015 and 2017 but lost out to Tory Michael Tomlinson. Meanwhile, Green Party BCP Council member Simon Bull is on the candidate list in Bournemouth West and his colleague Chris Rigby is standing in Christchurch, where Liberal Democrat councillor Mike Cox is also running.

The full list of candidates are as follows:

BOURNEMOUTH EAST

CONSERVATIVE

Tobias Ellwood

GREEN

Alasdair Keddie

INDEPEDENT

Emma Johnson

LABOUR

Corrie Drew

LIBERAL DEMOCRAT

Philip Dunn

NO PARTY STATED

Ben Aston

BOURNEMOUTH WEST

CONSERVATIVE

Conor Burns

GREEN

Simon Bull

LABOUR

David Stokes

LIBERAL DEMOCRAT

Jon Nicholas

CHRISTCHURCH

CONSERVATIVE

Sir Christopher Chope

GREEN

Chris Rigby

LABOUR

Andrew Dunne

LIBERAL DEMOCRAT

Mike Cox

NEW FOREST EAST

ANIMAL WELFARE PARTY

Andrew Knight

CONSERVATIVE

Julian Lewis

GREEN

Nicola Jolly

LABOUR

Julie Hope

LIBERAL DEMOCRAT

Bob Johnston

NEW FOREST WEST

CONSERVATIVE

Sir Desmond Swayne

GREEN

Nicholas Bubb

LABOUR

Jo Graham

LIBERAL DEMOCRAT

Jack Davies

MID DORSET AND NORTH POOLE

CONSERVATIVE

Michael Tomlinson

GREEN

Natalie Carswell

LABOUR

Joanne Oldale

LIBERAL DEMOCRAT

Vikki Slade

NORTH DORSET

CONSERVATIVE

Simon Hoare

GREEN

Ken Huggins

LABOUR

Pat Osborne

LIBERAL DEMOCRAT

David Chadwick

POOLE

CONSERVATIVE

Sir Robert Syms

GREEN

Barry Harding-Rathbone

INDEPEDENT

David Young

LABOUR AND CO-OP

Sue Aitkenhead

LIBERAL DEMOCRAT

Victoria Collins

SOUTH DORSET

CONSERVATIVE

Richard Drax

GREEN

Jon Orrell

INDEPEDENT

Joseph Green

LABOUR

Carralyn Parkes

LIBERAL DEMOCRAT

Nick Ireland

WEST DORSET

CONSERVATIVE

Chris Loder

GREEN

Kelvin Clayton

LABOUR

Claudia Sorin

LIBERAL DEMOCRAT

Edward Morello