Alistair is married with two teenage children and lives in Sunbury, teaching maths and science at a local school.

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His interest in preparing young people for fulfilling lives led him to research at the Institute of Education and write a book on liberal education. He is a regular contributor to The Salisbury Review, the quarterly magazine of conservative thought. His pastimes include gardening, military history, and kicking a ball around with his youngest, who keeps goal for a local team. He is standing for the SDP because it promotes genuine conservative values centred on family, community and nation.

Alistair writes: ‘I am standing as a candidate because, at the last election, I could not stomach voting for any of the established parties and was forced to spoil my ballot paper. Yet all I wanted was what I believe most people want: on the one hand, a mixed social market economy balancing reasonable levels of taxation with decent public services and long-term investment; and on the other, traditional socially conservative cultural values – those that the Conservative party has largely abandoned. Since then, I have discovered that this is precisely what the SDP offers. Britain is neither a shop nor a charity, neither a business park nor a transit camp. It is our home, and it is the home that we love.

Nobody is pretending that the SDP will form the next government. But if people vote for what they believe in, there is a chance that a new opposition will take shape, which offers a genuine alternative to the global open borders liberalism offered by the established parties. I urge you to visit the SDP website and compare it with what the other parties offer. You’ll find no jargon, no vacuous slogans, no ideological nonsense, and no empty promises – only common sense founded on real enduring values.’