Jo:I do live in the town, I live in Bewsey! I have a flat there. I think it's imperative. How can you know how services impact if you don't use them. Also, it's a good way to stay in contact with what issues are important, what people are thinking - and it's much easier to pick up on things that you can deal with quickly. However, like many residents in Warrington, I am also a commuter and I travel to my office about once a week in Birmingham where I am a University lecturer - the rest of the time I work at home. The north west does have a raw deal as far as transportation is concerned though, our local MP's should be campaigning on this issue but they don't appear to be. Transport policy is made from inside the Westminster village and anything outside the M25 is forgotten.
David: Like Helen Southworth, I live in the next door constituency, but I intend to live in the town by the time the election comes. I spend 3 to 4 days in the constituency at the moment. My only other commitment being the charity that I chair in Salford, called Fairbridge and we are concerned with the life chances of deprived children aged 14-21. We try to rebuild self esteem and self confidence amongst a group of people that don't have enough of either to function properly in society. Whilst I realise this is not a political question, it is very topical with the Conservative policy that is emerging on broken society and it is one of the main reasons that I am now interested to go into politics.