Peter Booth and Kelvin Poplett with Chris Sandland (R)A gay couple from Brighton hope they will become the first civil partners to be elected as councillors at the same time.
Peter Booth, a businessman, and Kelvin Poplett, a travel agent, are standing as Tory candidates for East Brighton ward next month alongside Chris Sandland, who was a founder member of Stonewall.
The ward’s three seats are currently held by Labour councillors Gill Mitchell, Warren Morgan and Craig Turton.
Mr Poplett said: “We are fighting to win.”
The chairman of gay Conservative group LGBTory, Matthew Sephton, said: “For Peter and Kelvin to be elected together as civil partners could well be yet another first for the LGBT community.“
