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Radio Somerset,6 mins

A day in the life of election candidates

Somerset Decides

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BBC Somerset's politics reporter, Ruth Bradley, spent the day with two candidates in the closely fought Wells constituency: the morning with Conservative James Heappey, and the afternoon with Liberal Democrat Tessa Munt. In 2010 there was only 800 votes between the 2 parties with the Lib Dems then winning it from the Tories who'd held it for 87 years! The other candidates standing in the Wells constituency are: Paul Arnold, Independent Jon Cousins, Green Dave Dobbs, The Birthday Party Chris Inchley, Labour Helen Hims, UKIP Gypsy Watkins, Independent

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