TODAY was the closing date for nominations for the General Election, to be held on Thursday, June 8.

Here is a list of candidates for seats in the region.

TEES VALLEY

Darlington

Kevin Brack (Ukip); Jenny Chapman (Labour); Anne-Marie Curry (Liberal Democrat); Peter Cuthbertson (Conservative); Matthew Snedker (Green Party).

Hartlepool

Phillip Broughton (Ukip); Andy Hagon (Liberal Democrat); Mike Hill (Labour); Carl Jackson (Conservative).

Middlesbrough

David Hodgson (Ukip); Dawud Islam (Lib Dem); Carl Martinez (Green Party); Andy McDonald (Labour); Jacob Young (Conservative).

Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
Simon Clarke (Conservative); Chris Foote-Wood (Lib Dem); Tracy Harvey (Labour).

Redcar
Chris Gallagher (Ukip); Peter Gibson (Conservative); Josh Mason (Liberal Democrat); Anna Turley (Labour and Co-operative Party).

Stockton North

Sarah Brown (Lib Dem); Alex Cunningham (Labour); Mark Fletcher (Conservative); Emma Robson (Green); Ted Strike (Ukip).

Stockton South

Drew Durning (Lib Dem); Jo Fitzgerald (Green); David Outterside (Ukip); James Wharton (Conservative); Paul Williams (Labour).

COUNTY DURHAM

Bishop Auckland

Christopher Fraser Adams (Conservative); Helen Catherine Goodman (Labour); Ciaran Joseph Morrissey (Lib Dem); Adam Walker (British National Party Local People First).

City of Durham

Malcolm David Bint (Ukip); Roberta Blackman-Woods (Labour); Jim Clark (Independent); Jon Collings (Young Peoples Party); Jonathan Elmer (Green); Amanda Hopgood (Lib Dem); Richard Lawrie (Conservative).

Easington

Barney Campbell (Conservative); Tom David Hancock (Lib Dem); Susan McDonnell (North East Party); Grahame Morris (Labour); Allyn Rhys Roberts (Ukip); Martie Warin (Green).

North Durham

Laetitia Sophie Glossop (Conservative); Kevan Jones (Labour); Craig Martin (Lib Dem); Kenneth Richard Rollings (Ukip).

North West Durham

Alan John Breeze (Ukip); Sally-Ann Hart (Conservative); Dominic Horsman (Green); Laura Pidcock (Labour); Owen Temple (Lib Dem).

Sedgefield

Dehenna Sheridan Davison (The Conservative and Unionist Party); John William Grant (Ukip) Stephen Anthony Psallidas (Lib Dem); Melissa Wilson (Green); Phil Wilson (Labour).

TYNE AND WEAR

Blaydon

Michael David Marchetti (Libertarian); Lisabela Zxywhiddm Marschild (We Want the Future Now); Paul Martin McNally (Green); Thomas Roger Smith (Conservative); Ray Tolley (Ukip); Liz Twist (Labour); Jonathan Wallace (Lib Dem).

Gateshead

Mark Ronald Bell (Ukip); Lauren Anne Hankinson (Conservative); Frank Hindle (Lib Dem); Ian Mearns (Labour); Andy Redfern (Green).

Houghton and Sunderland South

Richard Peter Bradley (Green); Paul John Edgeworth (Lib Dem); Paul Howell (Conservative); Michael Anthony Joyce (Ukip); Bridget Phillipson (Labour); Mick Watson (Independent).

Jarrow

James Lee Askwith (Ukip); Robin Gwynn (Conservative); Stephen Hepburn (Labour); David Herbert (Green); Peter James Maughan (Lib Dem).

Newcastle Central

Nick Cott (Lib Dem); Steve Kyte (Conservative); David Muat (Ukip); Chi Onwurah (Labour); Peter John Stuart Thomson (Green).

Newcastle East

Nicholas Hugh Brown (Labour); Alistair Christian Ford (Green); Simon John Kitchen (Conservative); Anthony John Sanderson (Ukip); Wendy Barbara Taylor (Lib Dem).

Newcastle North

Duncan Carlyle Crute (Conservative); Anita Anne Lower (Lib Dem); Timothy Thomas Marron (Ukip); Catherine McKinnell (Labour); Brian David Moore (Putting North of England people first); Alison Juliette Whalley (Green).

South Shields

Felicity Christiana Buchan (Conservative); Richard Elvin (Ukip); Shirley Florence Ford (Green); Gita Gordon (Lib Dem); Emma Lewell-Buck (Labour).

Sunderland Central

Sean Christopher Cockburn (Independent); Julie Elliott (Labour); Rachel Sara Featherstone (Green); Niall Dane Hodson (Lib Dem); Gary James Leighton (Ukip); Robert Geoffrey Oliver (Conservative).

Washington & Sunderland West

Tom Appleby (Lib Dem); Michal Chantkowski (Green); Bryan George Foster (Ukip); Jonathan Edward Gullis (Conservative); Sharon Hodgson (Labour).

NORTH YORKSHIRE

Harrogate and Knaresborough

Helen Flynn (Lib Dem); Donald Fraser (Independent); Andrew Jones (Conservative); Mark Sewards (Labour).

Richmond (Yorks)

Tobie Abel (Lib Dem); Chris Pearson (Yorkshire Party); Dan Perry (Labour); Rishi Sunak (Conservative); Fiona Yorke (Green).

Thirsk and Malton

Alan Avery (Labour); Martin Brampton (Green); John Clark (Liberal); Kevin Hollinrake (Conservative); Toby Horton (Ukip); Dinah Keal (Lib Dem).

Scarborough and Whitby

Bill Black (Yorkshire Party); Eric Broadbent (Labour); Sam Cross (Ukip); John Freeman (Independent); Robert Goodwill (Conservative); Gordon Johnson (Independent); Robert Graham Lockwood (Lib Dem); David Malone (Green).

Skipton and Ripon

Andy Brown (Green); Jack Render (Yorkshire Party); Julian Smith (Conservative); Alan Woodhead (Labour).

York Central

Nick Love (Lib Dem); Rachael Maskell (Labour); Ed Young (Conservative).

York Outer

James Blanchard (Lib Dem); Luke Charters-Reid (Labour); Julian Sturdy (Conservative); Bethan Vincent (Green).