COLCHESTER’S Brexit Party candidate has insisted the party does have a chance in the town, despite other Eurosceptic parties having a dreadful past record.

Ukip, which was led by Nigel Farage before he formed the Brexit Party, has never held any council seats in the town.

It’s best ever general election result was 2015, when John Pitts received 12.1 per cent of the vote.

However in the 2010 poll, the party received 1,350 votes, or 2.9 per cent. It did not field a candidate in 2017.

A recent poll by YouGov found the Brexit Party could pick up just short of 10 ten per cent of the vote in Colchester, which narrowly voted to leave at 2016’s referendum.

The poll shows the Brexit Party standing in the town could mean Colchester’s Conservative MP Will Quince might lose his seat to the Lib Dem candidate Martin Goss.

Jon Woods, a businessman from Felixstowe, will represent the party if it chooses to field a candidate.

He said: “At the European Elections 34 per cent of Colchester voted for the Brexit Party whereas only 8 eight per cent voted for the Conservatives and 7 seven per cent voted Labour.

“I would not be taking this on if I did not think it was winnable. Will Quince only has a 5,500 majority.”

Mr Woods, who owns four small freight and transport firms, admitted he may be stood down before any vote actually takes place.

He said: “It is in the balance. It is Boris who has the decision to make.

“Does he want me standing in Colchester and going after this constituency or does he want to do the right thing and put the country first?

“If I stand it might let the Lib Dems in, but it won’t be my decision it will be the party’s.”