Hello everyone, thank you for the opportunity to introduce myself.
My name is Claire Vibert, and I am your Labour candidate in Marple North.
I live in Marple with my husband and three children who attend St Sebastian’s nursery and St Mary’s school, and I play an active part in our community. I run the Red Box Project in Marple, which ensures that girls in our local schools don’t miss out on their education because of period poverty. I’ve helped set up a parent-led group to call for better funding for our schools. And I’m involved with Equality Matters Marple which promotes equality in our local area.
I’ve put myself forward for these elections as I want to give something back to the community. My five pledges for Marple North are to:
1. Ensure we have a modern and well-maintained swimming pool in Marple, for the residents of Marple to benefit from;
2. Work to improve traffic issues to make our roads safer and cleaner, and make public transport more effective;
3. Continue to campaign to increase the funding our local schools receive, so that they can provide our children with the education they deserve;
4. Engage and listen to the community: many people tell me that they do not feel listened to, and this needs to change;
5. Stand up for the vulnerable across Stockport, who are suffering most from the effects of Tory austerity.
I will work hard to build on the successes of the Labour-led Stockport council, the most recent of which is to introduce the real living wage for all care workers across Stockport. I encourage voters to vote according to their values and leave behind the tired claims that tactical voting is the only way to keep the Tories out. The last two general elections show this doesn’t work. And at the local level, Stockport Council will be run by either Labour or the Lib Dems. So a vote for Labour is the only way to ensure Labour can continue their work of the last two years. As the Labour Party, we are active throughout the year on the issues that make a difference to people’s lives, both as local volunteers, for example through collecting food bank donations, and leading the council by protecting services despite the government’s budget cuts.
I’ll check back on here regularly, and you can also keep up to date with us on Facebook on the Labour4Marple page, and on Twitter @MarpleLabour. You can email me at marplelabour@gmail.com
Thanks again to the Marple website for all your effort in running this resource for the community.
Kind regards
Claire