Two general election hustings are to be held over the next week, giving Salisbury a chance to hear from the city's candidates standing in the upcoming election.
Rishi Sunak announced last month that the general election is to be held on July 4, 2024.
Salisbury's candidates that will stand on July 4 are:
Matt Aldridge: Labour Party
Victoria Charleston: Liberal Democrat
John Glen: Conservative
Chris Harwood: Climate Party
Julian Malins: Reform UK
Barney Norris: Green Party
King Arthur Pendragon: Independent
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On Sunday, June 23, former political editor of Channel 4 News, Elinor Goodman will run a hustings at St Thomas' Church.
The free-to-attend event will run between 6pm – 7.30pm in St Thomas’ church (SP1 1BA). It has not yet been confirmed how many of the seven candidates will be in attendance.
For more information, visit the Parish of St Osmund website.
On Tuesday, June 25, Bishop Wordsworth's School (BWS) will run a hustings event - as in previous years.
The event will begin at 7.30pm, opening at 7pm for refreshments before it starts.
Each candidate will start with an opening statement of approximately two minutes each. Then, they will go into questions for all candidates from the audience, before questions for each candidate specifically.
Following this, each candidate will be able to ask one question to another candidate of their choice.
For those unable to attend, a teams call can be joined - you can find the link here.
BWS Politics Society's Caleb said: "We are hoping it will be a really vibrant debate, with lots of candidates here this year, and audience participation.
"And, we are hoping that the time at the end, where our candidates can ask questions, will mean the audience can see the qualities of each candidate."
Both the BWS event and St Thomas' Church event are free to enter.
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