In a historic act of calling his first general election King Charles III has today issued a writ notifying councils that Parliament has been dissolved and that a General Election will be held on the 4th of July.
Following the official writ issued by the King returning officers across the UK at local councils must now publish a Notice of Election.
The notice of election was published for the new Penrith and Solway Constituency, by Cumberland Council who are responsible for administering the election and count for the new constituency marking the official start to the General Election.
Candidates now have until 4pm on Friday the 7th of June to submit valid nomination papers along with their £500 deposit to stand as a candidate to the Acting Returning Officer of Cumberland Council at Allerdale House in Workington.
The new constituency is expected to see potentially six candidates standing to become MP for the new Penrith and Solway constituency.
The full list of nominations and prospective parliamentary candidates will be published just on Friday after the close of nominations.
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