Cllr McLoughlin was born in Solihull and has lived there for over 20 years, has owned and run his own business, and won multiple awards as a manager in a multinational company.

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He’s been a Councillor for Shirley South since 2016, Opposition Spokesperson for the Managed Growth Portfolio and is completing a Masters in Public Policy at the University of Warwick alongside working.

Cllr McLoughlin will focus on Green Party plans to protect our greenbelt, whilst looking to provide affordable housing using brownfield sites. He will also focus on protecting funding for schools, the NHS and Adult Social Care - “Education and our health service were once the cornerstone of our society. They can be again, but creeping privatisation in both means the clock is ticking. We need to act now, whilst we still have a chance"

Cllr McLoughlin said, “There is nowhere I would be more proud to stand for parliament. It’s also a time when we need people to stand up for our NHS, our schools and our greenbelt. My sister is a doctor and my brother a teacher, so I know just how difficult things are in the NHS and schools. The NHS is facing a funding gap of £30billion and under the Conservative’s ‘fairer funding formula’ Solihull schools will be £11 million worse off by 2020. There’s a clear choice on 8th June: another Conservative government that promises stability whilst wrecking vital services, or a strong voice for the people of Solihull by voting for me.”