Candidates reveal hopes for our town

Published date15 June 2022
Publication titleHuddersfield Daily Examiner
The seven are: James Flinders, Hugh Goulbourne, Mus Khan, Naheed Mather, Mark Morris, Shabir Pandor and Harpreet Uppal

The Examiner contacted all seven hopefuls and asked them to detail their aspirations for the town - and why they should be the Labour choice to represent Huddersfield at Westminster.

Here are the first three responses. ¦ ¦JAMES FLINDERS Huddersfield is the town I was born in, where I grew up, and the place I will always be proud to call home. The people of Huddersfield need an MP who will listen to them, campaign for them, and work to get a better deal for our town.

As a project manager, I lead the design and construction of part of the Transpennine route upgrade, which will reduce journey times from Huddersfield and upgrade Huddersfield station. I'm used to leading large teams and making tough decisions about how to spend hundreds of millions of pounds of taxpayers' money efficiently.

I'm an experienced political campaigner, having been one of York's hardestworking city councillors - campaigning on behalf of local residents and businesses. I'm one of Labour's most active campaigners in Yorkshire, with extensive experience of leading winning election campaigns.

I am the strong, local campaigner that Huddersfield needs.

¦NAHEED MATHER I am a local candidate with local priorities and the ability to appeal to the whole community of Huddersfield. I want to represent the community I live in. Huddersfield is my home. I chose to live in Fartown 30 years ago, and brought up my daughters who went to local schools and colleges. Huddersfield is a town I love, and it has been an honour to be a...

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