I was born in Lewisham and my mother worked as a midwife at the hospital where I was born. My father worked to build up a successful small business.

Seeing how hard they worked showed me the importance of supporting businesses and public services.

I spent 20 years in business before starting my own company, which is why I am passionate about cutting red tape for employers and cutting taxes for their employees.

Improvements to the A120 and rural roads, rail services, broadband and mobile phone coverage will all help to boost the local economy too.

I've spent over 20 years in the reserve forces and I will work to make sure that our public services are properly funded and fit for the future.

I will fight for more school places to provide quality education for our children, enough GP places to match local needs and enough local jobs to generate the tax revenues to pay for them.

The Conservatives in government inherited a broken economy, we now have the fastest growing economy in the developed world. Unemployment is at a seven-year low and employment at an all-time high.

We need to keep delivering the Conservatives’ long term economic plan to help local companies succeed, grow and create jobs.