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New Forest West Constituency Labour Party selects Janice Hurne as their Prospective Parliamentary Candidate
Janice was born in Kent and lived and worked in Essex until moving to Southampton in 1985 to take up a lecturing post at Southampton Institute, transferring after 2 years to lecture at Bournemouth University, commuting to and from Southampton to Bournemouth by train & bicycle until moving to Bournemouth in 1994. Janice is a Maths Graduate with 10 years experience of working in the Computing Departments of the Civil Service before becoming a lecturer in Higher Education at Bournemouth University. She has a Master’s degree in Information Systems Development and Management and is a full professional member of the British Computer Society. I have lived for 24 years in Hampshire and Dorset, and am married with a grown up daughter. In addition to being a member of the Fabian Society, the lecturer’s trade union NATFHE, and a member of the Co-operative Party I am a founding member of the “Bournemouth in Europe” campaigning group. I enjoy exploring the natural world on my doorstep, particularly by walking in the forest and on the coast. My political interests are varied and wide, and can be summed up by the desire to contribute to the positive development of a sustainable world economically and environmentally. Where the individual can meet their potential, and enrich their lives, contributing collectively to the development of an inclusive world community regardless of their background or circumstances. Janice says "Labour's immediate priority is to guide Britain through this difficult economic time. Our mission is to build a Britain of lasting prosperity and fairness for hard-working families. Labour is providing strong leadership nationally and internationally to manage the global financial situation and we will emerge from this world slowdown stronger & better. There are signs that the British economy is beginning to show recover but Labour is making sure that the impact of the economic downturn on working people and their families is minimised through training opportunities and help with job creation through continued investment in public services and construction projects to continue improvements in education, health and sustainable housing. We shall never take risks with economic stability or return to the days of 15% interest rates under the Tories. Labour's Future Jobs Fund will provide 150,000 new jobs, around two thirds of which will be directed at young people. The Conservatives have refused to back Labour's action, putting over 150,000 jobs at risk. Fairness means being on the side of the ambitions and aspirations of hard-working families and people. We are working to create an opportunity-rich country where everyone can get on in the lives they live. That’s why so much investment has been made in education to improve buildings, learning resources, and standards so that every child can reach their potential." If you would like to contact Janice please email her: janice4mp@newforestlabour.org.uk If you would like to make a donation to Janice's general election campaign fund then please click on the following link: https://secure2.labour.org.uk/membersnet/donate/janice4newforestwest Janice was Labour's candidate at the last 2005 general election, when Labour had an excellent result in the New Forest West constituency, producing one of the best Labour performances in the whole of the UK: Name Party Votes % +/- % Desmond Swayne Conservative 26,004 56.4 +0.7 Murari Kaushik Lib Democrat 8,719 18.9 -6.9 Janice Hurne Labour 7,590 16.5 +1.8 Brian Lawrence UKIP 1,917 4.2 +0.5 Janet Richards Green 1,837 4.0 Standing for first time Despite the fact that around the country the vast majority of Labour candidates saw their percentage of the vote cut, we managed to add just over 1,100 to our vote & increase our share of the vote by 1.8%. Of the 3 major parties, we had the largest percentage increase, with the Liberal Democrat vote collapsing by almost 7%. Labour has been making steady progress in replacing the Lib Dem’s as the only real alternative to the Tories in New Forest West. The following bar charts show that the last 2 general election results in this constituency have seen the Lib Dem percentage vote fall & the Labour percentage vote rise. This is even more remarkable given the fact that Labour has a government record to defend while the Lib Dem’s have no record to defend. We are now positioned right behind the Lib Dems having closed the percentage gap from 11.1 % in 2001 to just 2.4% in 2005. At the next election the Lib Dems cannot claim that New Forest West is “just a two horse race”.
New Forest East Constituency Labour Party selects Peter
Sopowski as their
Prospective Parliamentary Candidate Peter is a local parish councillor and Chairman of the New Forest East Labour Party. He has been a teacher in the New Forest area since 1976, having worked at Hounsdown and Arnewood Schools during that time. As well as teaching he is the Secretary of a major teaching union, where casework, representations and negotiations on behalf of members is a normal commitment. Prior to a teaching career, he has had many jobs including telecommunications engineer, farm worker, gas fitter, hospital work and HGV driver. Peter has lived in the New Forest since 1976 at Calmore, Lyndhurst and now Ashurst. He is a volunteer sailing instructor and has always been interested in promoting Outdoor Education and was active in helping to ‘Save Calshot’. Peter is keen to protect the New Forest and within the Labour Party lobbied hard against ABP plans for Dibden Bay. He worked hard to promote National Park Status, challenging the local opponents vigorously. Peter is a member of the New Forest Association and represents his parish on the New Forest Consultative Panel. Peter says "I am very pleased to be chosen by members of the New Forest East Labour Party as their parliamentary candidate at the next general election. I will be able to show the benefits of a Labour government and explain how the people of New Forest East can benefit further by choosing a Labour MP as their representative.” “Every parliamentary seat is a target seat as far as local Labour Party members are concerned and we will work together with the excellent candidate for Labour in New Forest West to convince voters across the New Forest to use their votes and that Labour is the way forward for most people.” If you would like to contact Peter please email him: peter4mp@newforestlabour.org.uk SO WHAT HAS LABOUR ACHIEVED WHILST IN POWER ? WELL HERE ARE A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES 1) WAITING TIMES REDUCED UNDER LABOUR FROM 18 MONTHS TO 18 WEEKS 2) INTRODUCED THE NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE
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Janice
lives in Bournemouth and has been a local councillor on Bournemouth Borough
Council and is currently a school governor at both Kinson Primary School and
Kings High School in Bournemouth. 
