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Issue:- 28/29 April 2010

Sefton Central Parliamentary Candidates 2010

HUSTINGS, at St Luke’s Church Formby, took place on Tuesday evening, 27 May 2010 at 7.30pm. Present, under the Chairmanship of the Vicar, Reverend Harvie Nichol, were the Labour candidate Bill Esterson, the UK Independence Party candidate Peter Harper, and the Conservative candidate Debi Jones, the Liberal Democrat candidate Richard Clein.

The event began with an introduction by the Vicar. He explained the rules for the evening’s husting and reminded the audience, of over a hundred, that they were in a church, so, please, no riotous behaviour. To set the tone for the evening, a video, on a big screen at the south-east end of the Church, was shown which featured the three main party leaders speaking about their manifestoes. Each candidate, in turn, was given just over a minute by the curate, Rev Michael Ridge, to answer pre-submitted questions read out to them by Rev Nichol.

Throughout the question and answer session, the aspiring candidates answered the questions clearly. There was very little banter between them and even the very attentive audience was extremely well behaved. At 9pm precisely, the Chair stopped asking the questions and after thanking the four candidates, he closed the Husting Meeting with a prayer for the candidates and for the voters.

The pictures record this much appreciated event for posterity.

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