Chris Philp for Hampstead & Kilburn

I'm mainly involved in local, as opposed to national politics, but I am proud to endorse our colleague Cllr Chris Philp as an outstanding candidate for Hampstead & Kilburn's next MP. Chris has lived here for a long time and already shown the ability to fight effectively for this community. He'd be an excellent constituency MP, and I'd like to publish below the personal appeal he's made to local people:



Do you want an MP who cares for our community and actually delivers results?

As you may know, I’m running to be our next MP. National politics aside, I have a local record of caring for our local community. I also have a track record of actually getting things done for our community as well. And we’ve all had enough of career politicians who are all talk and no action! Isn’t it time for a new kind of local MP?

Part of the reason I’m so passionate about our community is that I’ve lived here for ten years, and I have a real commitment to both our neighbourhood and to everyone who lives here.

Here are just a few examples of some of the campaigns I’ve led or championed:
• Keeping Hampstead Police station open, and keeping the 999 Police based in West Hampstead and Kilburn Police Station (on Salusbury Road in Queen’s Park)
• Set up the Kilburn Dragon’s Den, to encourage 16-17 years from Kilburn and Harlesden to think about getting into business
• Helped the local homeless as part of Mitzvah Day
• Successfully lobbied the council to funding the 10 O Clock Club, a drop-in group for toddlers, averting threatened closure
• As a local councillor, voted to freeze our council tax and supported a new Academy school at Swiss Cottage – which will open next year
• Persuaded TfL not to close the Northern Line at the weekend for signal upgrades – instead the work will take place overnight
• Lobbied TfL to finish the Jubilee Line work faster (which has sadly not been so successful – it still isn’t finished)
• Stood up for local business and traders by lobbying for lower business rates for small businesses (sadly, the current Government recently put them up)
• Successfully opposed planning applications which will spoil the character of our area, and successfully campaigned to restore the protection of the views from Parliament Hill and Primrose Hill
• Improved council house repairs, so the most vulnerable in society have a decent home to live in

Some more details about local campaigns are at http://www.chrisphilp.com/blog and http://www.chrisphilp.com/campaigns

Unlike many people seeking your vote at this election, I am not a lifelong career politician. I’ve run my own businesses for the last ten years – starting the first business by driving the delivery van myself when I was 23 years old. There’s a bit more about my background at: http://www.chrisphilp.com/about/about-chris

So whatever you may think about national politics, if you want a local MP who has demonstrated that over a period of years that he cares for our community and has delivered results – before even being elected – then please consider supporting me on May 6th.

Do please drop me a line at this email address if you’d like to get in touch.

With best wishes,

Chris Philp
Conservative Candidate to be our next MP
Kemplay Road NW3
www.chrisphilp.com