article_snippet.sent: Mike Whitehead was standing against Labour's Alan Johnson in the Hull West and Hessle constituency in Yorkshire .
article_snippet.sent: But The Tories this morning revealed The Tories had already dropped Mike Whitehead as The Tories candidate  after Mike Whitehead revealed Mike Whitehead was planning to stand as an independent against a Tory councillor.
article_snippet.sent: A spokesman for The Tories said: 'Mike Whitehead is not The Tories candidate for Hull West and Hessle.
article_snippet.sent: We were already selecting a new candidate for this constituency.
article_snippet.sent: Mike Whitehead said: 'I got an email on Wednesday evening to say that if I didn't stand aside from my intentions to stand in the local elections, I didn't stand aside from my intentions to stand in the local elections would remove my candidacy in West Hull and Hessle. '
article_snippet.sent: and so as I wouldn't give I didn't stand aside from my intentions to stand in the local elections that guarantee I didn't stand aside from my intentions to stand in the local elections terminated my candidacy in West Hull & Hessle.'
article_snippet.sent: Hull West and Hessle is safe Labour territory - former home secretary Alan Johnson is defending a 5,700 majority from the general election when the Conservatives finished third.
highlights_snippet.sent: Mike Whitehead was standing for the Tories in Hull West and Hessle .
  