ALL three seats in Waltham Forest will see a four-way toss-up between the Tories, Liberal Democrats, Labour and the Greens.
Having said they would not contest Chingford and Woodford Green or Leyton and Wanstead to support their Brexit-backing MPs, UKIP has also failed to field a candidate in Walthamstow.
Brexit champion Iain Duncan Smith is celebrating 25 years at the helm in Chingford by standing in his seventh general election.
The Tory will be up against Labour’s Bilal Mahmood, Sinead King for the Greens, and Deborah Unger for the Liberal Democrats.
Over in Leyton and Wanstead, Labour’s Brexiteer John Cryer is facing Liberal Democrat Ben Sims, Conservative Laura Farris and familiar foe for the Greens, Ashley Gunstock, who is standing in his fifth consecutive election.
Labour’s self-proclaimed “indie MP” Stella Creasy is taking on Liberal Democrat Ukonu Obasi, Andrew Johns for the Greens and the Conservative’s seven-time world karate champion Molly Samuel-Leport.
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