Sir Edward Leigh
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for the Gainsborough constituency SIR EDWARD LEIGH GET BREXIT DONE 1 I'll back the Prime Minister’s deal which gives us control of our money, laws AT YOUR SERVICE! INSIDE and borders – and we will be free to strike trade deals with old friends and new partners around the globe. WHY THIS ELECTION SUPPORT OUR NHS MATTERS. 2 We need to free health professionals from endless bureaucratic interference and allow resources to travel straight to the front line. I want to make sure that our NHS is properly resourced, staffed and on a sound, sustainable footing for generations to come. SUCCESSFUL SCHOOLS 3 We have done more to free schools from central control than any previous government. I will continue to support our local grammar schools. I want all headteachers to be given the freedom they need to run our excellent local Lincolnshire schools. BETTER POLICING 4 Conservatives will put 6,000 more officers onto our streets by the end of 2020-21 – the first year of our recruitment drive. That’s an additional fifty policemen and women for Lincolnshire. I fight for our part of A STRONGER ECONOMY Lincolnshire in 5 I will continue to back our local business: Parliament. keeping taxes low, expanding the opportunities of free trade and investing in 37 years of the vital new infrastructure that businesses dedicated, local need to move and trade across the country and the globe. public service. CONTROLLING IMMIGRATION I live locally with my 6 A Labour government, supported by the SNP and the Liberals, will open our wife and have raised borders to unsustainable, uncontrolled immigration. Only the Conservatives our six children here. are committed to a points-based system that recognises the contribution that people can make to the UK. Help deliver My Plan for the Gainsborough constituency. Promoted by Giles McNeill, on behalf of Sir Edward Leigh, both at Office 7, The Vote Conservative on Thursday, 12th December 2019. Plough, Church Street, Gainsborough DN21 2JR. Printed by Paragon CC, Oddicroft Lane, Sutton Parkway, Nottingham, NG17 5FB. GAIN Dear Resident, Working hard for everyone in the whole I have been enormously proud to serve as our Member of Parliament for the past thirty-seven years. I believe I continue to have lots to offer local people. More than ever I believe we need experience to guide us during of the Gainsborough constituency uncertain and often unpredictable times. This election, on Thursday, 12th December, is taking place because This election matters because we need to continue to have a strong and effective MP with a proven Parliament could not agree a way forward on Brexit. After three and a half record of action. Sir Edward Leigh is the experienced, local choice in this snap general election. years we need to make progress so that we can get back to the things that are really important, like our NHS, Schools and getting more police. Whether on windfarms or roads If you re-elect me as your Member of Parliament I will work for the needs of In government we have or schools, I constantly argue the delivered the biggest cash all residents. You may be absolutely assured that I will put your interests case for local decision making boost ever for the NHS with first. I live in the constituency with my wife where we raised our children. and fairer funding for our county investment of £33.9bn. and strong controls on new I would be honoured to be trusted with your vote, so that I can continue to I use the NHS exclusively for housing. represent you. If elected my plan includes: Getting Brexit done, supporting myself and my family. I am totally Gainsborough is one of England’s our NHS by keeping it well-funded and free at the point of delivery, ensuring committed to preserving its biggest and most rural constituencies. that our local schools are run by parents and teachers - free from central principle as a well-funded service We need a voice for our struggling control, better policing with 50 more officers locally by the end of next year free at the point of delivery. village shops, post offices and and supporting a fairer funding deal for local government. I want to make sure that our NHS amenities. We need to value the immense contribution made by I would be honoured to continue my service for all the people of the whole is properly resourced, staffed and on a sound, sustainable footing Talking to Health Secretary Matt Hancock volunteers and farmers to the of the Gainsborough Constituency. for generations to come. about local NHS provision with Lincolnshire Meeting local people is one of the best ways countryside. I have and will continue County Council Leader, Cllr. Martin Hill. to make sure that in the House of Commons I to relentlessly campaign for better Yours sincerely, am the authentic voice of real people. broadband for our villages. Edward Leigh We should not accept the idea The public are clear they want to see more that there can be winners or police officers on their streets. This is your Conservative Candidate for Gainsborough losers when it comes to our priority and it is exactly what Boris Johnson children’s futures. and Conservatives like me are delivering in government. Schools, more than ever, need to be at the forefront of our Governments Evidence shows that broadly speaking overall thinking. We are investing in our levels of crime are falling, but Lincolnshire children’s futures with the biggest should be better resourced to meet the funding boost for schools in a decade - challenges our police face. We must ensure £14 billion additional funding over the our towns, villages, and homes are kept safe 07811 414227 next three years – meaning more and secure. I will work with Police and Crime money for every child to receive a truly Commissioner Marc Jones to fight for a [email protected] world-class education. For Lincolnshire sustainable and fairer funding settlement for Meeting young people to discuss their issues this means £4,688 per pupil, an rural parts of the country, like Lincolnshire. A police car at Lea Road Station. over pizza. www.edwardleigh.org.uk increase of 5.72%. fb.com/GainsboroughConservatives Help secure the progress we’ve made for all the communities of the Gainsborough Constituency. @EdwardLeighUK Vote for Sir Edward Leigh, Conservative on Thursday, 12th December..