The Isle of Wight Green Party has revealed who will represent it at the next General Election - naming two candidates who want to win the prospective new constituencies of East and West Wight.
Former parliamentary candidate, Newport teacher Vix Lowthion, will stand again, in what could become the West Wight constituency.
Alongside her, Cameron Palin, an education support assistant from East Cowes, will stand in East Wight.
Cameron Palin is an East Cowes Town Councillor who won his seat in 2020.
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He sits on the Corporate Scrutiny Committee at County Hall, as the IWALC representative for all local councillors.
Since 2017, he has been actively involved in many campaigns including the bid to save the Ryde ice rink, calls for improvements to the Floating Bridge and fighting cuts to public services, including the Isle of Wight Law Centre.
Mr Palin said: "As an island, we deserve so much more and so much better.
"I am ready to stand up and fight for Isle of Wight East, just like I do for East Cowes."
Vix Lowthion is a parent, community councillor, and secondary school teacher in Newport.
She first stood as a candidate in 2015, winning one of the highest Green Party votes in the country.
Since 2016, she has been the party's national spokesperson for education and has sat on the party’s national executive since 2020.
She volunteers for organisations including Newport Carnival and the NHS, at the Riverside Covid Vaccination Centre.
Ms Lowthion said: "Whenever the next General Election comes, Greens on the Isle of Wight are ready to campaign for even more votes, and win.
"With Cameron Palin in the East, and myself in the West, plus Green councillors across the Island, we have an excellent team to lead the Isle of Wight forward into a more sustainable future.
"I'm honoured to have been selected and thank everyone for their faith and trust in me.
"Now we have to look forward to tackling the social and environmental challenges we face, and I know that with your support we can only grow in strength.
"I hope to see you on the doorsteps very soon!"
Why could the Isle of Wight get two MPs?
Under national proposals to make voter populations in each constituency more equal, England will gain ten MPs, while Wales will lose eight and Scotland could be reduced by two.
It means 47.5 million voters will be divided into 650 constituencies of between 69,724 and 77,062 people in size. The Isle of Wight is among those to be granted special dispensation to be outside that remit.
The new constituency boundaries are expected to come into force in 2023, in time for the next general election, if one is not called earlier.
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