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Election 2019: The 275 seats where Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party is standing – full list


NIGEL Farage is standing 275 candidates across the country in the upcoming election.

Despite intensive pressure he’s decided to continue to campaign in Labour areas where Boris needs to try and win to get a majority.

 Nigel Farage's Brexit Party are standing across the country in 275 areas

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Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party are standing across the country in 275 areasCredit: PA:Press Association

Last week he revealed he would stand down in 317 areas where the Tories won in 2017, to avoid splitting the vote completely for Leave and allowing Labour to get through.

But he refused to go further and step down his candidates in Labour areas, meaning Boris could be denied victory if the vote is too split.

The Brexit Party boss insists he’s doing to take chunks out of Labour’s vote, not the Tories.

Mr Farage said earlier today: “In the Labour seats, in the Midlands and the north, we take two to one Labour votes to Tory votes in those seats. And there are 145 seats that the Conservative party have never won and will never win.”

It comes as:

 Farage has insisted he's trying to nick votes from Labour - but could deny Boris a majority if he splits the Leave vote

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Farage has insisted he’s trying to nick votes from Labour – but could deny Boris a majority if he splits the Leave voteCredit: PA:Press Association

The Brexit Party boss insisted: “I offered them a deal, some time ago, that would have guaranteed Boris a majority. He chose not to go for it.”

Mr Farage also claimed that eight senior figures in the Brexit Party were offered to go to the House of Lords, and be put on the Brexit negotiating team, but called it “corruption”.

He insisted he was “not for sale” and showed how “rotten and broken” politics is.

The Tories have denied such offered were made.

Here’s the full list of places where Brits can vote for the Brexit Party on December 12.

How many people are standing for each party?

The Conservatives – 635

The Labour Party – 632

The Liberal Democrats – 611

The Green Party – 498

Brexit – 275

SNP – 59

UKIP – 45

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