Conservative Parliamentary Candidate Selected

Members of the Sittingbourne and Sheppey Conservative Association have voted, by secret ballot, and have selected Aisha Cuthbert as the Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for Sittingbourne and Sheppey at the next General Election.

A special general meeting owas held on Friday 20^th October 2023 at the Sheerness Conservative Club and Aisha, who has been active in the Sittingbourne and Sheppey Conservative Association attending functions and helping with election campaigns, such as the two recent by-elections for Cllr Mike Whiting and Oliver Eakin, was selected by members.

Aisha has been a councillor in Bromley since 2018 and is the Cabinet Member for Environment. She also works as Head of External Affairs for one of the leading providers in social housing, Riverside, which is responsible for The Quays in Sittingbourne.She is also a former Team GB masters national synchronised swimmer, for which she won the British Championships and was a medallist at the World FINA competition.

Speaking after her selection, Aisha told SFM News: "I am immensely honoured to be selected as the next Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for Sittingbourne and Sheppey. I am keen to start running a positive and respectful campaign and look forward to meeting with local residents, businesses, schools, organisations, and more. If elected, I will try my best to represent the views of the residents of Sittingbourne and Sheppey in the Houses of Parliament.’

Welcoming Aisha selection, Jess McMahon, the Chairman of the Sittingbourne and Sheppey Conservative Association, told SFM News: "We are delighted that Aisha has been adopted as our candidate for the next General Election. We are excited to support her with her campaign and hope the residents of Sittingbourne and Sheppey will give her the chance to prove herself as the best candidate to be the next Member of Parliament.

The current Member of Parliament for Sittingbourne and Sheppey, Gordon Henderson, also welcomed the selection of Aisha and told SFM News: "I look forward to working with Aisha over the next year and passing over to her some of my experience. I am confident that if successful at the next General Election, she will make an excellent Member of Parliament and be a real champion for local people."

The maximum term of a Parliament is five years from the day on which it first met. The current Parliament first met on Tuesday 17th December 2019 and will automatically dissolve on Tuesday 17 December 2024, unless it has been dissolved sooner by order of King Charles III.