hˈɪks, æz ɐ lˈoʊkəl kˈændᵻdˌeɪt, pˌʊt hɜː nˈeɪm fˈɔːɹwɚd ænd mˌeɪd ɐ ʃˈɔːɹtlɪst ʌv sˈɪks kˈændᵻdˌeɪts, bˌʌt ʃiː lˈɔst ðə nˌɑːmᵻnˈeɪʃən tə dʒˈɑːn mˈeɪpəlz, ðə fˈɔːɹmɚɹ ˌɛmpˈiː fɔːɹ lˈuːɪʃˌæm wˈɛst hˌuː hæd ˈɔːlsoʊ lˈɔst hɪz sˈiːt ɪnðə nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti tˈuː dʒˈɛnɚɹəl ᵻlˈɛkʃən.
Hicks, as a local candidate, put her name forward and made a shortlist of six candidates, but she lost the nomination to John Maples, the former MP for Lewisham West who had also lost his seat in the 1992 general election.