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Shadow
Business Secretary, Mr Clarke,
69, is hoping to retain his seat
— which he first won in 1970 —
for the Conservatives for the
tenth time.
The main
issues he will be campaigning on
are the economy and public debt.
Mr Clarke
said: “Nottinghamshire is going
to be key because we have so
many marginal seats. There are
five or six seats involved that
could be crucial.
“I am
feeling reasonably confident,
but I always say I will fight as
though it is a marginal
constituency. I have always been
particularly careful to look
after my constituency who put me
in this seat.”
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Labour
candidate Mr Andrew Clayworth,
51, a biomedical scientist at
the Queen’s Medical Centre,
Nottingham.
Although a
long-standing member of the
Labour Party, it will be the
first time Mr Clayworth, of West
Bridgford, has stood as an MP.
He said
although Mr Clarke’s seat was
considered safe following a
majority of more than 10,000
votes in the previous election,
it could be overturned.
Mr
Clayworth said: “You just never
know in the General Election.”
He pledges
to improve the state of the NHS,
continue the provision of Sure
Start Children’s Centres and
create a link between
manufacturing and innovation.
Locally, Mr
Clayworth wants more lower-cost
homes in Rushcliffe, to extend
the tram routes further out of
Nottingham, and to reduce crime
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The Liberal
Democrat candidate is Professor
Karrar Khan, 66, of West
Bridgford.
It will be
the pharmaceutical scientist’s
second foray into politics,
having stood as a candidate in
2005.
Professor
Khan supports the proposal to
introduce fairer taxes, close
tax dodges and move the income
tax threshold to £10,000.
He believes
the Liberal Democrats will
provide more opportunities for
the high numbers of unemployed
young people, a fair start for
all children at school, a
rebalanced green economy, and
clean and open politics.
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Mr
Faithfull, 34, a software
engineering contractor from
Barton-in-Fabis, said his main
issues would be pulling out of
the European Union, scrapping
complex means testing on
pensions, and improving the
economy.
Locally, he
will be looking at issues such
as the proposed Tesco store at
Keyworth and allowing local
people to have a greater say on
potential housing in the area.
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Mr
Mallender, 42, of West Bridgford,
is chairman of the Nottingham
Green Party and works for
Nottingham City Council.
It is the
first time he has stood as an
MP. Mr Mallender pledges to
tackle unemployment, climate
change and to safeguard the NHS.
He will be
campaigning against housing
developments on green-belt sites
around West Bridgford, and wants
grants available for everyone to
help insulate their homes.
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