Fair Oak & Horton Heath Ward candidates video hustings

[1s] Who are you and why are standing?

[26s] I'm standing for re-election as the Conservative Councillor for Fair Oak and Horton Heath.

[31s] I've lived in Fair Oaks now for 23 years.

[33s] My wife, both our daughters, went to local schools.

[36s] We take part in local community projects.

[42s] and we're part of a local community.

[44s] It's been a pleasure and a privilege to spend three years representing the community in which we live.

[50s] I'd like to carry on doing the work I've been doing and spend another four years as your elected representative speaking up for you and doing things for

[59s] the local communities.

[60s] Hi, I'm Ben Parry, co-chair of Eastley Borough Green Party and candidate for The Green party for Fair Oak and Houghton Heath in the upcoming local election.

[71s] Why am I standing?

[72s] Well, for the same reasons I've said before, really.

[75s] Ferrick and Horton Heath has given me a great deal to me and my family who lived here for 16 years or so.

[80s] It would just be really nice to give back and to serve the people that I have come to call friends and community.

[98s] How would you make a difference locally?

[102s] Can a local councillor make a difference?

[105s] Well, I would like to think they can.

[107s] I'd certainly say if you're not trying to make difference, you probably shouldn't be a councilor.

[111s] Being a councillor isn't just about turning up for meetings and voting the way you are told before the meeting even starts.

[117s] It's about representing and speaking up to the people of your community.

[123s] Ferrog and Hordenheath is my community, and I've lived here for the better part of a quarter of century.

[128s] I think I know Farrokh and Haughton Heath, and I feel Farokh or Houghton-Heath know me.

[133s] Vote for me on the 2nd of May and you know what you're going to get.

[136s] You're gonna get someone who speaks up for you, does his best to represent you and works tirelessly to keep on doing the right thing for Farokh or Horton-heath.

[146s] Whether it's bins being emptied, grass being cut or speaking up against one Horton Heath.

[151s] That's what I'm here for.

[152s] I want to carry on, I've had three years, it has been a pleasure, a privilege to present you.

[158s] think i've earned your trust i think you know me well enough to know a vote for me on the 2nd of may gets your representative thank you i don't think it's

[167s] about making a difference i thing it is about improving what we have about preserving what have in this wonderful place here that we call ferrick and horton

[178s] heath i want to go on record as saying steve broomfield has done a great job at this level i dont strictly believe in party politics,

[186s] I believe people serving the best that they can for the people in their community.

[192s] And I just look to improve on great work that Steve's already done.

[197s] One last call, anything you'd like to say?

[201s] One Haughton Heath, £326,000 a month in debt repayments on a project to build housing on the floodplain of three streams on heavy clay soil.

[212s] Is it any wonder private developers walked away?

[215s] I'm the only non-Lib Dem Councillor on the Haughton Heath Development Management Committee.

[220s] The only person who keeps you informed of progress, or lack of, progress.

[224s] Who speaks up for you at meetings and represents your concerns and your problems.

[230s] Vote for me on 2nd May and I'll continue to do that.

[233s] No one else will.

[235s] As someone who's taught in local secondary schools and colleges for 16 years and set up a national business based in Eastley for the last five years,

[244s] I'm really confident that I have the qualities necessary to be a successful local councillor for you.

[251s] What I would also like to say is don't sit on the sidelines.

[257s] Don't moan.

[258s] The greatest enemy to democracy is apathy.

[263s] You have a voice.

[265s] Please use your vote and pick the best person for you in terms of who you think is best equipped to serve your local community.