Inside the betting scandal-hit constituencies where Labour and Tories have withdrawn support for candidates

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Conservative Party support has been withdrawn for Laura Saunders and Craig Williams, while Labour’s Kevin Craig is no longer standing as a party candidate. Trevor Scantalebury, 82, has already voted for Ms Saunders through a postal vote and said: “It is a sad reflection of the state of politics when something like this happens, whether they are proven guilty or not.” Stoke Lodge is traditionally a Conservative area Labour voter Christian Weale believed the Lib Dems could benefit from the Conservative withdrawal of support for its candidate. “It’s starting to feel like people in power can do anything – and that can trickle down into society, creating division and mistrust.” Christian Weale believes the Lib Dems could pick up votes as a result of the Tories pulling support from their candidate Reform UK has a candidate for the constituency but the party was not on the lips of locals such as Jo Matthews, 76, who voted Tory last time but has previously also voted Labour. Kevin Craig apologised after placing a bet against himself in the Central Suffolk and North Ipswich seat He apologised for the “stupid error” but Labour had already withdrawn its support for the candidate, who would, like Ms Saunders and Mr Williams, sit initially as an independent if he wins.