Christopher Thornhill is Reform’s candidate for North East Cambridgeshire in this General Election

Christopher Thornhill is hoping to win the North East Cambridgeshire seat for the Reform party having been selected as their candidate for our constituency.

Christopher has worked for over 40 years and been involved in many industries starting out in the nuclear sector and now working in life sciences.

He has been an IT project manager for over 20 years so understands how to deliver change by focusing on meaningful outcomes.

He said: “I wonder how many of you are like me and feel so disengaged with modern-day politics? It appears today, all the main parties act the same, with plausible sound-bite policies and rhetoric, but no meaningful plan for change.

“Politics needs to change by bringing in people with real-life experience, who think and talk common sense. I have three simple but practical principles:Fairness – everyone should be treated fairly, and we should play by the same rules; meritocracy – opportunities should be given (or at least considered) to people with the right skills, aptitude, and experience; democracy – free to discuss opinions and ideas, and then voting on them is a fair and right way to make key decisions.”

Christopher said he considers himself an environmentalist and said: “I want to leave this world in a better state than I found it. Practically, this means I believe that we need strategies for sustainability and energy with the aim of reducing consumption and maximising the natural resource we do have.

“Whether you believe in ‘Net-Zero’ or not, I do believe we need to wean ourselves off of fossil-based fuels by focusing on developing a diverse range of British-owned clean energy technologies and aiming to provide world-leading job opportunities and energy security.”

He concluded: “My hope for the future is that this country becomes functional again, by reducing red tape and inefficiencies and introducing modern best practices. I will always challenge proposals and seek the undiluted truth, to ensure decisions are fair and deliver high value for the country.”

Seven candidates are hoping to win this constituency when voters go to the polls on Thursday, July 4.

They are incumbent Steve Barclay, who has represented the area for the Conservatives since May 2010, Clayton Payne Workers Party of Britain, David Patrick Independent, David Chalmers Liberal Democrats, Andrew Crawford Green Party, Christopher Thornhill for Reform UK, and Javeria Hussain for Labour.