Conservative Candidate Sets Out Local Election Manifesto

Alexander Northcote states his personal campaign issues

As Tony Blair fires the starting pistol for the general election, local Conservative Candidate for Brentford & Isleworth and Ann Keen MP contender, Alexander Northcote, comes out of the starting blocks with his manifesto.

If elected, he states that he will work to deal with the local issues that matter to people which he believes are more police, better school discipline, controlled immigration, cleaner hospitals and lower taxes.

He also promises to reply to all letters from constituents, hold fortnightly �open-door� surgeries and will �only claim the expenses necessary to serve the people of Brentford & Isleworth. I will not claim money to pay for housing in London.�

Speaking after his selection last year Mr. Northcote said: �I am delighted to have been selected as the Prospective Parliamentary Candidate. When I grew up, Brentford & Isleworth had a Conservative MP. I am determined it will again. We will re-take this seat at the next General Election. 

�This is a diverse area and this Government is failing everyone who lives here. Higher taxes, congestion and crime are blighting people�s lives. Ann Keen supports a Government that is losing the trust of people from Chiswick to Isleworth. I am determined to win that trust back for the Tories.�

John Davies, the Chairman of Brentford & Isleworth Conservative Association commented: �In Alexander, I believe we have found a candidate who will take on Ann Keen and win. As a young man with a growing family, he shares all of our concerns over health, education and transport. He is eager to get out and meet the electorate. By the time of the next General Election, whenever it is called, there will be very few voters in the constituency who will not have had the opportunity of meeting with him.�

Alexander, a former broadcast journalist with the BBC, Capital Radio and ITN, currently works for a communications agency in Central London. He advises Michael Howard�s team at Conservative Central Office and is also involved in various charities, including Tusk Trust, which promotes the conservation of elephants in Africa.

Ann Keen currently holds the seat with a majority of over 10,000 but boundary changes have removed some wards from the constituency that were traditionally Labour strongholds.

April 19, 2005