Thanks for your interest, I am standing as a totally independent candidate to get our fair share of funding as I feel we are seen as a safe seat so go ignored by County and Government.

Full statement

We have lost bus services, library hours, a county youth service and there are pot holes galore. Yet we have council tax rises to three councils, this in a year when many residents have lost income or had a pay freeze. It is time they were made to work together, share resources and skills and cut waste not services. They can't even share a debating chamber so we pay for one for each of the 3 councils !

I will work to get better bus and rail services , more for our youth to do including cheap sport facilities and push for a school at Greylees, cutting travel and pollution.

I will listen to all and represent them as best I can and with so many houses being built will ensure as much money as possible from that growth is spent here on local services - not spent elsewhere.

I will fight our corner , I live in the area I want to serve and will work to make it better still, I feel we are very much shortchanged by the tax we pay. Steve