UK Independence Party Gloucestershire

Former Mayor of Barton, Danny is a well-known and popular figure around Gloucester where he was born and bred. Taking early retirement from Walls, he now devotes most of his time to charity work and his grandchildren. Danny is a volunteer advice worker and a trustee and treasurer of Scoo-B-Doo, the children’s charity. He was recognised by the Queen for his work.

Personal message

Danny writes “I would like to represent the people of Abbeydale, where I have lived for 14 years.

Should I be elected, I will take an independent approach to all issues and not be bound, as the other parties, by spin and an unwillingness to state clearly one’s political beliefs. I will support any practical, common sense measures that I believe to be in the interests of my constituents, irrespective of their political roots. I will not be involved in the petty party point scoring that passes for political debate in the other parties.

I will press for more support for the voluntary sector from the Council. I want to see facilities where Community groups, the elderly, young and the unemployed can meet and help each other.

I will press the Police Authority to allocate more resources to qualified visible policing, especially in the evenings and weekends. I believe that the County of Gloucestershire was given extra money last year to employ another 77 policemen, but only 7 were allocated to the City. I will oppose pandering to political correctness that is clearly detrimental to the efficiency of any public service.

I will press for planning to be expedited for the provision of affordable housing for young couples who have lived a significant part of their Council should stop knocking down historical buildings to build flats, instead utilising buildings that have been left empty.

I will support granting planning permission for the construction of small industrial and commercial units suitable for small businesses. Start up businesses should be leased such units for up to 2 years at a discounted price.

I will argue for school resources to be made available to voluntary groups out of school hour, especially for IT and language training.”