I'm a family man living in Mid Wales with my wife and young son.

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I have deep ties to the rural community and the people whom rely on it.

I served in the Royal Navy as an aircraft engineer until 2012 then pursued a career in the security and agricultural industries,

Working on large security deployments in a managerial capacity and as a herdsman on dairy farms across Somerset and Dorset.

I stand for supporting and improving the rural way of life by ensuring that we don't lose access to healthcare, education and police support.

Too often the rural communities are the first to see major cuts to essential services with minor injuries being closed, doctor surgeries and loss of air ambulance services. Not to mention reduction in police stations and on duty officers.

Because of these cuts the service we now receive is purely reactive instead of the preventative policing that is seen across every city and built-up area in the UK.

I am a keen advocate for the farming community knowing first-hand the struggles they endure on a daily basis.

Without our farms and the community that support them the whole country suffers.

Why should farmers be forced to put their land to woodlands and rewilding when they know what's best for the productivity of their farms and sacrificing what could potentially be their winter feed is not what's needed.

I will advocate for rural communities, rural living and ensure that our voice is heard.