Updated: Simon Letts, leader of Southampton City Council and councillor for Bitterne ward, has said he's been selected to contest the Itchen constituency for Labour.
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Letts said on Twitter he was: "Delighted to be chosen to contest Southampon Itchen for Labour."
He previously tweeted: "This election is happening because of short term Tory strength but long term weakness. A hard Brexit will damage Britain don"t vote for it."
Royston Smith for the Conservatives won a majority of 2,316 votes in the Itchen seat, which covers Bitterne Park, at the last general election in 2015.
For information about other candidates we know about, and more on how the voting went last time, see our previous story.
Delighted to be chosen to contest Southampon Itchen for Labour.
— Simon Letts (@SotonCityBoss) April 30, 2017
On April 20, Letts tweeted:
This election is happening because of short term Tory strength but long term weakness. A hard Brexit will damage Britain don"t vote for it.
— Simon Letts (@SotonCityBoss) April 20, 2017
How votes were distributed across the parties in Southampton Itchen in 2015
Article updated to include earlier tweet and chart