All 4 candidates standing for election in Macclesfield will face a live audience - twice!
Hear them answer your questions about local as well as national issues.
They're free of course,
but registering guarantees a place and gives a chance to submit a question.
Under-30s and first time voters: 4pm, Sat 7th December, Tytherington School, Manchester Road. Register here
All ages & everyone:
7.15pm, Mon 9th
December, St Michael's Church, Market Place. Register
here
General Election Hustings in Macclesfield
There will be two
public
hustings events in Macclesfield in the run-up to the General Election on 12
December.
All four candidates for the
Macclesfield constituency
have been invited to take part: James Booth (Green Party), Neil Christian
(Liberal Democrats), Neil Puttick (Labour Party) and David Rutley
(Conservative and Unionist Party).
The first event is for under-30s and particularly aimed at first-time
voters. It will take place at 4pm on Saturday 7
December
at Tytherington School, Manchester Road.
The second hustings is open to everyone and will be on Monday 9 December at
7.15pm in St Michael’s Church, Market Place.
Each candidate will make their case to be elected Macclesfield’s next MP in
short presentations about national and local issues and what they will do
for Macclesfield. This will be followed by live questions from the audience.
Turn out in Macclesfield at the last election in 2017 was slightly above
average at 72.38 %, but the number of under-35s nationally who cast their
vote was well below that. The deadline for registering to vote in the
general election is midnight on 26 November, go to
www.gov.uk/register-to-vote
(26 November is also the deadline for postal voting).
The Macc Hustings is being organised by a team of volunteers. "We believe
it’s important that Macclesfield residents have the opportunity to see, hear
and question the candidates together," said Lynne Jones, one of the
organisers.
The secondary schools, lead by Tytherington School, want to ensure that
under 30s and new voters can get first-hand information from the candidates.
The questions will focus on issues that affect young people - in
Macclesfield as well as nationally.
Both events are supported by Hope, the organisation of churches in northeast
Cheshire.
Both events are free and there’s no need to book, but to guarantee a place
and have a chance to submit a question, register via Evenbrite:
here
for Under-30s on Saturday 7 December,
here
for the general hustings on Monday 9 December.
Full eventbrite webaddresses:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/macclesfield-under-30s-general-election-hustings-tickets-83592085177
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/macc-hustings-2019-tickets-83310089721
