"Because we're so democratic and for all sorts of small liberal reasons, we haven't imposed all-women shortlists, it's always down to the constituency," she said.
Others include the journalist Simon Hedges, as well as anti-Brexit activist Jolyon Maugham, who had previously tried to launch a Centre Forward-type movement called Spring, and is standing in Arundel & South Downs, the constituency that contains his windmill.
"Compared to other polls Labour are down in terms of support for the national assembly elections - on the constituency vote they are down about 10 percentage points over the last year to 15 months.
"The appointment of Gale Norton is a throwing down of the gauntlet against the constituency who believes that the federal government needs to lock up more land or wall off existing land from further economic exploitation," Mr. Taylor said.
Just down the coast, and across the constituency boundary in neighbouring Cleethorpes, some of the region's business leaders are gathering in a multiplex cinema.
He suggested today's polling was down to Mr Clegg's lack of canvassing in the constituency.
Henrietta Hensher, who is standing for the Conservatives in the constituency, said local people had been let down "by the Welsh nationalists and now by their Labour candidate".
He says Hunt, though respected by members for raising Stoke's profile nationally and for regularly turning up at constituency meetings to face down critics, is out of tune with the constituency party.
She moved to the constituency with her first husband and their three children, but the marriage broke down in 2009.
It starts with the constituency.
