The Countdown

The Henley constituency goes to the polls tomorrow (Thursday) to elect a replacement for Boris Johnson, who resigned his seat after winning the London mayoral race.

As befits a traditional Tory stronghold, Conservative candidate John Howell is the clear favourite. But Lib Dem Stephen Kearney has fought a thorough and aggressive battle, and analysts believe he is the only candidate who can realistically challenge the Tories.

Labour's Richard McKenzie is, if opinion polls and commentators are to be believed, a rank outsider, with many claiming he may even lose his £500 deposit by failing to canvass the required five per cent of votes.

The Henley Standard will be at the count in Thame tomorrow night, regularly updating this blog with all the comings and goings, and will announce the result as soon as it comes through.

Please feel free to post your opinions and views on all that happens throughout the next 48 hours.

The full list of candidates:

1. Louise Anne Cole, Independent 8 Crookham Road, Fulham, SW6 9EQ

2. Amanda J Harrington, Independent 30 Lincoln Drive, Aintree, Liverpool, L10 3LL

3. John Michael Howell, The Conservative Party Candidate3 Green Lane, Warborough, Oxon, OX10 7DY

4. Stephen Andrew Kearney, Liberal Democrats The Annexe, 13 Aston Park, Aston Rowant, Watlington, Oxfordshire, OX49 5XW

5. Richard Mark McKenzie, The Labour Party Candidate 63A Hamilton Road, Reading, RG1 5RA

6. Timothy Sylvester Rait, British National Party 19 Priors Wood, Haslemere, Surrey, GU27 1NF

7. Mark Christopher Stevenson, The Green Party The Flat, 28A High Street, Dorchester on Thames, OX10 7HN

8. Chris Adams, UK Independence Party 29 Whitehead Way, Aylesbury, Bucks, HP21 8LR

9. Derek Allpass, English Democrats Flat 3, The Heights, Henley Road, Marlow, Buckinghamshire, SL7 2DQ

10. Bananaman Owen, Monster Raving Loony 58 Reeds Avenue, Earley, Reading, RG6 5SR

11. Dick Rodgers, The Common Good 63 Meadow Brook Road, Birmingham B31 1ND

12. Harry Bear, Fur Play Party Brickfields House, Brickfields, Harrow on the Hill, Middlesex, HA2 0JG