The Conservatives have selected their candidate to contest the Hove and Portslade constituency for the General Election on July 4.

Carline Deal is an Armed Forces veteran and a business entrepreneur, following an earlier career of over 15 years in banking and corporate asset management. 

Ms Deal runs Trinity Yoga, in Beckenham, and is a franchisor of Young Yogis, also in London. She also runs Bonum iDeas, a London-based technology company.

She has received awards for her work as a yoga practitioner in London and the South East, and is a director of the British Sub Aqua Club.  Among her passions is the conservation of the seas and waterways.

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Brighton and Hove Conservatives did not disclose if the businesswoman lives in the county.

Ms Deal said: “I’m honoured to have been selected as the Conservative candidate for Hove and Portslade and look forward to getting things under way. 

"Our campaign is based on giving people choice, delivering a clear plan, taking bold action and securing the best future for all.”

Labour’s Peter Kyle is hoping to be re-elected as the constituency’s MP while other parliamentary candidates running are Liberal Democrat Michael Wang, the Green Party candidate Sophie Broadbent, Reform UK’s Martin Hess and Independent Tanushka Marah.