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Genevieve Kitchen is campaigning for the Wellingborough by-election on February 15 .
The incumbent Conservative MP for the seat was suspended from parliament for six weeks .
Peter Bone was suspended following an investigation into allegations of bullying and sexual misconduct.
A recall petition was triggered giving Labour the chance to win its fifth by-elections in a year .
Tory campaign is making much of Harrison ’s local roots, accusing the other candidates of being interlopers from London .
They are also playing up her Brexit credentials as a director of Grassroots Out , an organisation funded by Arron Banks in the run-up to the EU referendum.
The focus from the Tory campaign to voters seems to be less on Labour and more about winning back support from Reform party .
If Reform’s populist, pro-Brexit , anti-immigration message is going to resonate anywhere, it will be in places like Wellingborough .
Despite sitting at 10-12 per cent in opinion polls, it has yet to achieve much success on the ground.
Despite a high level of interest in Reform , polling in the double digits nationally, the party has so far failed to convert this into votes.
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