The Conservatives have chosen a former soldier and teacher as their prospective party candidate in Dover to replace Natalie Elphicke who defected to Labour in a shock move. Stephen James, the chairman of the Folkestone and Hythe constituency association, was selected at a meeting last night from a shortlist of three. James served as a soldier in Afghanistan, saw two spells of active service and was accepted into the Intelligence Corps. Ironically this military path was also taken by his Labour challenger for the same seat Mike Tapp. He left and trained to be a teacher and worked in a primary s…