With candidates set to go to the polls on 4 July 2024, Oakham Nub News is bringing you information about each candidate standing for Rutland and Stamford to help you make your choice when the time comes.

There's been a boundary change in the Rutland area, with a new seat in the Commons for Rutland and Stamford rather than Rutland and Melton.

Search and view the new constituency boundaries here.

The full list of candidates who have so far been announced are:

• James Moore (Lib Dem)
• Christopher Clowes (Reform)
• Emma Louise Baker (Green)
• Alicia Kearns (Conservative - currently holds the Rutland and Melton seat)
• Joe Wood (Labour)
• Joanna Mary Burrows (Rejoin EU)

And at Oakham Nub News, we will be introducing you to the candidates ahead of the elections.

We have already chatted to the Green Candidate, Emma Louise Baker, as well as Alicia Kearns, the Conservative Candidate and most current post holder.

Now, Joanna Burrows has caught up with Oakham Nub News on her candidacy.

A mother of three wonderful children Richard, Daniel and Catherine, and a grandmother of six, Joanna has lived in the area for nearly 30 years. She has "consistently invested in the area by being a county councillor for Rutland, working with Age UK to tackle loneliness in older people, with the Home Office to tackle drug and alcohol misuse, and I currently raise funds for a charity supporting vulnerable teenage girls."

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She is a trustee for the Victoria Hall in Oakham.

She said: "I have been a member of the Liberal Democrats for nearly 50 years. However I am standing for Rejoin EU because the Liberal Democrats (and the other main parties) refuse to be honest and vocal about the catastrophic damage Brexit continues to cause our country. This despite 60% of British people now regretting our departure. 

"Labour is standing on a platform of growing the economy. We know that our economy is £140 billion smaller because of Brexit. Despite this, Labour is not making a priority of reversing the main cause of this shrinkage, ruling out ever returning to the single market, the customs union, or freedom of movement. 

"Rejoin EU candidates come from many political backgrounds with one common goal. This is to pressure the major political parties to begin IMMEDIATE dialogue with the European Commission on the conditions and timing of re-joining the EU; the restoration of free movement as part of renewed single-market and customs-union membership; suspension of any further divergence from EU regulations; and immediate development of closer ties with Brussels including renewed participation in Erasmus+ and other European initiatives open to non-EU members. 

"We also propose extensive UK constitutional reforms to prevent future governance crises, including greater proportional representation, term membership of the House of Lords and stricter parliamentary conduct regulations."