As a small businessman and local Councillor I think the world of our part of Suffolk. Stowmarket is a great place with its markets, small businesses and excellent public services. Having known the town for 20 years it is clear that it is really going forward and becoming the heart of the County. A growing, selfconfident and bustling town.

People are independent-minded wanting the best for their families, communities and environment. Electing a Green & Independent MP will make a huge difference for the people of Stowmarket: a fresh and independent voice at Westminster not tied to party whips but serving you.

Party politics and the rip off behaviour of MPs has come close to destroying our democracy and our very faith in politics has been shattered. This parliament has been appalling, undignified and all parties are to blame in this sorry saga. We need MPs elected outside of the party machines that can help rebuild trust and faith in our democracy.

A vote for me is a vote for the NHS, for our schools and universities and for higher state pensions, for jobs and training for young people and standing up for our market towns and rural areas. I believe in fair taxes with those with the most paying more and proper Living Wage. I want us to curb excessive bank bonuses and top executive public sector pay.

I do not want to see a European super state, and I against the introduction of the Euro. I want to see power reside where it belongs – at the local levels, with your Town Council, Mid Suffolk District Council and Suffolk County Council.

I would speak up for what makes Suffolk special: its countryside, heritage and small businesses. I am passionate about individual liberty, encouraging creativity and innovation. People know that we take climate change very seriously, with an economy working with nature rather than against it. Together let’s make Suffolk into Britain’s ‘Green Heartland’.

I know from speaking to many voters during this campaign that they feel let down – even betrayed – by MPs, denied a voice. I will, if elected, provide the people of Stowmarket with that green and independent voice in Parliament; and a truly fresh start.

With your support we can find new ways to make Stowmarket, our Suffolk, and great country, an even better place to live.

Mark Ereira-Guyer – Green & Independent www.greenandindependent.co.uk

Mark Ereira-Guyer – Personal Profile

Now in his young middle age Mark runs his own small business from Bury St Edmunds where he has lived since 1993. He is a councillor at St Edmundsbury Borough Council and more recently at Suffolk County Council. He is now the Green & Independent spokesperson on children, schools and young people’s issues. He stood for Labour in the parliamentary elections of 1997 and 2001, coming a very close second. After 27 years the Labour drifted away from him and he was compelled to leave it two years ago.

Educated at Kings School in Ely, Cambridge College of Arts & Technology and then at the University of Kent he has recently pursued both higher and management qualifications. He is a member of the Bury St Edmunds Society, National Trust, Suffolk Wildlife Trust, Bury St Edmunds Art Gallery and he is active in local community activities including with Christian Aid. His passions are: poodles, walking in the countryside, poetry, world music, Africa, speaking Portuguese, real ale and attending cultural events especially the theatre and dance. His wife, Gabrielle works as a special needs teacher at Priory school. His children, Theo and Natasha, are still engaged in their educational pursuits at University and Ipswich High School for Girls. All his family love talking about politics and, of course, working hard with their husband and dad helping him in election campaigns.