Esther McVey

Thank you to everyone who made this possible. To those who came out and voted and to those who came out and helped over the last 7 years, without every single one of you this result wouldn’t have been possible.

And what a momentous election the 2010 General Election turned out to be with people queuing to vote and  have their voice heard. In fact in Wirral West over 70% of the population came out to take part.

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Over 200 people came out to help over the bank holiday weekend. It was an amazing show of local support.  Some of the people who joined us, and have now joined the party, have never been involved in politics before. People saying they wanted change, they wanted a local candidate who had consistently worked for them and someone who was very much a part of their local community.

Well we’re into the closing stages of this election campaign. A campaign and a community I’ve been a part of, and worked with, for over 8 years. It’s been hard work but worth every second of it and as the election draws ever closer it is nail biting stuff, but we’ll be out there til the very end, meeting with people listening to their views and hopefully tomorrow people will be voting for Change and voting for the Conservatives.

Iain Duncan Smith came to Wirral West to offer his support on the campaign trail. We held a street stall in West Kirby where people were delighted to meet Iain and ask him questions on a whole array of topics. From there we met with local shop and business owners before packing into the Railway Pub for fish and chips, after which we went to the local Primary school to meet with parents and teachers to hear their views and concerns.

The first of the public debates took place at St Mary’s Church Upton. The debate featured questions on matters such as debt, foreign aide, the environment and education.

The second debate was with organised by the Federation of Small Businesses and focussed on small businesses, party policy to help businesses and regeneration of Wirral and the Merseyside area.

Hilbre High School was the venue for our next round of questions where students and teachers asked questions on education, University fees, Afghanistan and pensions. The students had brought the election to life in school too, by electing representatives of each of the main parties and making political videos to support the key issues from each of the political manifestos.

Today at 2pm we have our final debate at Upton Convent School. I’m quite certain the girls will have some terrific questions  in store for us.

Click here to read the interview I gave in today’s Daily Post Business Section on how a Conservative Government will help business.