I am a 59 year old married man.

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I have lived in the constituency since 2007. I am an Army Veteran, and former Senior Prison Officer. I have also worked in the Ambulance Service, as a contracted Immigration Overseas Escort, a Security Contractor in Iraq, and many low paid unskilled jobs in my younger days. I have been train driver for the last 10 years.

I have watched the way successive governments have acted over the last number of decades, with growing frustration that I suspect many of you share. Enough is enough. That's why I am standing. If not me then who, if not now, when? I was raised to do the right thing, even if it`s the hardest thing to do. The right thing to do now is to stand up and be counted, to try to save our country. I hope many of you will decide to trust us with your vote?

I consider myself very fortunate to have been able to have stepped forward and served our country. I think its time to step forward and serve again.