This Saturday (25th April) there's a chance to hear from and question the parliamentary candidates for Tatton constituency in a public meeting at Wilmslow United Reformed Church, Chapel Lane, from 9.30am.
Organised by Churches Together in Wilmslow the meeting will start by giving all five candidates – Conservative, Green, Labour, Liberal Democrat and UKIP – three minutes each to say why they should be elected.
Any candidate not present at the meeting – and so far UKIP's Stuart Hutton is the only one whose attendance is uncertain because of a prior commitment – can present their written statement to be read out.
Then the prospective MPs, including Tatton's current representative in the House of Commons George Osborne (Conservative), Tina Rothery (Green), David Pinto-Duschinsky (Labour) and Gareth Wilson (Liberal Democrat), will be asked in turn to answer questions submitted in advance by the public.
These can be sent to [email protected] and the meeting will close with questions from the floor followed by two minutes for each candidate to sum up their case. The meeting will be chaired by the Revd Tony Burnham, a retired United Reformed Church minister and former national President of Churches Together in England, who lives outside Tatton constituency.
The Revd Kirsty Thorpe, chair of Churches Together in Wilmslow, said: "We hope the church will be full on Saturday morning. It's been chosen as a good venue with decent seating and a modern sound system. This is an excellent opportunity for the candidates to put their policies and personalities on display for us all."
