I have lived in Poulton almost all my life and I have been in business here for over 50 years.

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Many will remember our family business, Hart’s Restaurant, on the front.

I’m standing for election to both Morecambe Town Council and Lancashire County Council in May because I want to make it more difficult for our councils to shy away from responsibility like Lancashire County Council has done for years.

My promise to the people of Poulton and Central Morecambe is that I will hold our councils to their responsibilities.

People expect honesty and competence of their councillors and these are qualities I feel I can bring if residents of Morecambe choose to elect me.

I take great pride in being Morecambe born and bred, and in recent months I have been working hard with my Liberal Democrat colleagues to tackle issues of fly-tipping, as well as rolling up my sleeves to clean-up the back streets that have been neglected for so long by our county council.