Rarely in the build-up to a General Election in the UK has there been more talk of tactical voting.

Whether it's progressive alliances on the left or UKIP endorsing Brexit-backing Conservative candidates, die-hard members of all parties are backing others in a bid to either block or ensure the UK's exit from the European Union.

Whatever view you take, there is a very stark choice between a hard-left Labour and a hard-Brexit in the Tories.

Inevitably this will leave many politically homeless and some Christians may be tempted to abandon their traditional party and vote for people who share their faith.

Here is a list of Christian candidates who are standing for Labour in the General Election 2017, with thanks to Christians on the Left.

Christian Today has contacted the Conservative Christian Fellowship and the Liberal Democrat Christian Forum for a similar list.

NEW CANDIDATES

Sara Hyde – Bromley and Chislehurst

Marsha de Cordova - Battersea

Sam Rushworth - Tatton

Gillian Troughton - Cumberland

Chris Ostrowski - Watford

Graeme Currie - North Shropshire

Emma Hardy - Hull West

Doug Swanney - North Hertfordshire

David Stokes – Bournemouth West

Mandy Garford - Gravesham

Lee Rhodes - West Dorset

Graham Giles - Havant

David Mellen - Rushciffe

Darren Paffey – Romsey and Southampton North

David Drew - Stroud

Tim Young - Colchester

Ruth Jones - Monmouth

Dan Greef - South Cambridge

Catherine Atkinson - Erewash

Sally Gathern - Ashford

PREVIOUS MPs

Jonathan Reynolds – Stalybridge and Hyde

Ben Bradshaw – Exeter

Lyn Brown - West Ham

Chris Bryant – Rhondda

Dawn Butler - Brent Central

Liam Byrne - Hodge Hill

Neil Coyle – Bermondsey and Old Southwark

Mary Creagh – Wakefield

Stella Creasy - Walthamstow

Jon Cruddas – Dagenham and Rainham

Alex Cunningham - Stockton North

Wayne David – Caerphilly

Stephen Doughty – Cardiff South

Rob Flello – Stoke on Trent South

Barry Gardiner – Brent North

Helen Goodman – Bishop Auckland

Andrew Gwynne – Denton and Reddish

Sharon Hodgson – Washington and Sunderland

Susan Elan Jones - Clwyd south

David Lammy - Tottenham

Gordon Marsden – Blackpool South

Rachael Maskell - York Central

Conor McGinn - St Helens North

Catherine McKinnell – Newcastle North

Bridget Philipson – Sunderland Central

Steve Pound - Ealing North

Barry Sheerman – Huddersfield

Gavin Shuker – Luton South

Cat Smith – Lancaster and Fleetwood

Stephen Timms – East Ham

John Woodcock – Barrow and Furness