Lincoln City

Cllr Charles Shaw will be standing in the Lincoln City Constituency.

Charles Shaw is a highly respected youth and community worker both locally and nationally with an extensive career covering business, local government and the Voluntary Sector. 

Experienced on Local Councils from Skellingthorpe to Bardney and a former elected member of a Drainage Board he is well aware of local community and environmental issues.

Charles has worked extensively cross-party to gain improvements and support for the Community and Voluntary Sector and is the current chair of regional infrastructure support body ‘One East Midlands’,
Trained in Education, Youth and Community Work, Corporate Secretaryship and Insurance, he serves as Chair of The National Network of Councils for Voluntary Youth Services, is Academic Chair of The Society of Teachers in Business Education and a Trustee of the National Association of Boys and Girls Clubs.

Charles Shaw is a resident of Carholme Ward and is married with grown up children.
Experienced as a Councillor and agent and staunchly against centralised control of local government, Charles believes Lincoln City should be a unitary authority working with but free of county domination.

Married (to Daphne) with three grown up children he is well aware of the issues facing families today.

As Vote Leave co-ordinator for Lincoln, Sleaford and North Hykeham he successfully co-ordinated all-party effort to achieve a fantastic result in Central Lincolnshire whilst maintaining a friendly relationship across remain and leave activists and believes working together in a co-operative yet challenging way brings results.

As a former Youth and Community officer with a Metropolitan Borough Council for Racial Equality he recognises the demographic changes that have taken place in Lincoln over the last decade and as Chair of the Centre for Reconciliation works promoting Community Cohesion across the County and beyond.

As a councillor and politician he feels it is important to be the ‘imp’ who gets things done!

Charles can be contacted direct during elections on 07760 843910

Knowsley

Raymond Catesby who is the candidate for Knowsley.

Ray Catesby has been a national adviser on designing out crime and combating terrorism working with Local Councils, Housing Associations, Police Forces , Home Office and the UK Crime Prevention Centre.

He has lectured on Crime Prevention through Design across the UK and abroad.

Ray was born in Toxteth, qualified in Architecture at Liverpool Polytechnic and worked in Liverpool for over 20 years and then progressed into crime prevention work.

Ray is a keen sportsman, he has stewarded at various stadia including Liverpool. Everton, Widnes St.Helens and Chester.

He supports various charities by giving family history talks.

He played a key part in the community campaign to secure junction 8 on the M62 and believes it is vital to Knowlsey and Merseyside to develop good public transport infrastructure .

“I would switch funds from HS2 into local transport projects”.

“I deeply object to the tolls being charged on the Runcorn Bridge and Mersey tunnels unlike other parts of the country” Ray Catesby.

Ray has family history in politics having had 5 family executed for treason including Robert Catesby for his part in the gun powder plot.

I am adamant we should have free TV licences for the over 75’s.

Sefton Central

Angela Preston will be standing in Sefton Central Constituency which includes Crosby and Maghull.

Angela, author/playwright, business coach, motivational speaker, and radio presenter, works with businesses, charities and schools delivering a range of programmes to support and encourage the growth of individuals, companies and communities through personal development workshops.
She has recently published a book, Find a Hero Inside, in conjunction with a school in Maghull. The comic deals with the epidemic of knife crime and gang culture and is aimed at young people helping them make the right choices in life.