Carlisle deserves an MP with real world experience, not a lawyer or a public relations spin doctor.

I knock on doorsteps and I talk to my neighbours and voters across Carlisle every day. So many are switching from voting Conservative - they are tired of being led by a Government with no moral compass. They are uninspired by a Labour Party which is run by spin doctors who will say anything to get into Government.

Voters are telling me that they want a local, practical person to represent them in Parliament.

Boundaries are changing. Carlisle now stretches from Wetheral to the Scottish Border and from the A689 relief road in the East all the way to Northumbria. It is now a mix of urban, suburban and rural areas.

Carlisle needs a focus on:

• GPs, dentists, ambulances and mental health

• Skilled jobs for the young

• Lower cost transport

• Affordable Housing

• Elimination of sewage pollution & risk of flooding

• Local biodiversity

Nationally we need:

• Responsible climate change policies

• Proportional voting

• Access to the common market…

• …leading to cheaper goods in & easier exports

• Strong foreign policy:

  • Support for NATO

  • Stand by Ukraine and against Putin

  • Peace in the Middle East, not more war

• Asylum seekers to apply from abroad

• Restore the Animal Welfare bill dropped by the Conservative Government

Brian Wernham

The Lib Dem Candidate for Carlisle MP