Electors will have the choice of five candidates when they take to the polls on Thursday, 8th June.
The deadline for the nomination of candidates for the General Election has now passed and the following five candidates have been confirmed as standing in the Tatton constituency:
Quentin Abel – Independent
Nigel Hennerley – Green Party
Esther McVey – Conservative Party
Sam Rushworth – Labour Party
Gareth Wilson – Liberal Democrat Party
Articles regarding four of the five candidates have already been published and can be accessed via clicking on their name above, or the 'General Election 2017' tag at the end of the article.
I have spoke with the Independent candidate Quentin Abel this morning. He is a Knutsford resident and currently putting some information together about himself and why he is standing, which he told me "Is a decision he has not taken lightly. as he has a life". So hopefully I will be in a position to publish an article about Quentin shortly.
Polling stations will be open from 7am until 10pm on Thursday June 8, 2017. This election is based on the existing parliamentary constituency boundaries.
Polling is taking place following the Prime Minster's announcement of a snap election, which saw Parliament officially dissolved on May 3rd.
Information about voting at this election is available at: www.yourvotematters.co.uk.
Comments
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But because he's not Esther McVey any of the above or worse would be acceptable? That's a well considered opinion backed by sound evidence and logic.
I won't vote for Esther because she believes that religious doctrines trump individual rights (even Tony Blair didn't make this mistake).
I won't vote Lib Dem for the first time in 20 years because they want another referendum (and the one we had, sadly, came to a clear conclusion).
I won't vote UKIP because - oh, they're not standing! Not that I would have done anyway.
I won't vote Labour because even the sensible part of the party believes in the illiberal use of government over the individual (Section 44, for example).
I won't vote Green because they're "left" of Labour.
So I'm glad that I have a potential to vote Independent, and will be interested in seeing how Quentin sets out his stall, because otherwise I'll be deliberately spoiing my ballot.
I believe Wilmslow High School and the Knutsford Guardian organised something similar for 2015 election.
Not much time left.
They will be at the school during the day and be quizzed by the students and then in the evening there will be an open invite to members of the public to attend.
I will publish an article confirming all the details shortly.
Hopefully if a candidate cannot attend in the evening, the Party will not attempt to substitute someone else to promote the Party message. The Tatton Electorate deserve to see the 'whites of the (Candidates) eyes' and response to questions.
All you sad & desperate anti-Tories appear to be only too willing to grab at an Abel line. Do you actually know just how able this bloke is? I guess you do not, other than blindly saying "anything/anyone mist be better than a Tory", even one as bravely outspoken as Esther McVey.
Independents are quite okay within the local election arena but when our country's future governance is at stake, only a strong & united government will be able to see the UK through a turbulent period, both at home, in Europe & throughout the globe.
To hark back to the Hamilton era & Bell was an isolated Tatton history. Osborne & his era are gone, to compare these historical figures with the current Conservative candidate is ridiculous. Esther McVey is offering a strong & independently minded Member for Tatton. Forget your historic prejudices, vote for the future well being of our country - that does not include any "well minded" so called independent, able or not.
To decry and dismiss Esther McVey as "someone who appears to have her nose in the trough" is far too weak an argument - this is certainly too weak a claim & is just not good enough.
Are you trying say she may become a minister after the election ? If yes, so what? Governments must have ministers, like it or not, to carry out its functions, just as any business requires officers.
It is on the BTPA website.
Thanks
Angela
I truly believe Esther McVey will be a candidate who merits my vote and those of like-minded voters. The anti-Tory mob can rant on to their hearts content but reality will win the day - look at the alternative, economically & mathematically dumb, tax, tax, tax Labour - Corbyn, McDonell, and Pea-brain of the Globe Abbott, none of which just cannot get their sums & stories to add up.
Esther McVey is certainly on the right side of common sense & fiscal responsibility.
I've no idea who that is, as I haven't met any of the candidates or read anything they have written, but my mind is open. I'm going to forget party politics and vote for the person I'd most like to have a coffee with and who I think is most likely to help us here, locally, at what matters in Tatton.