WITH less than four weeks to go until polling day, do you feel you need to know more about the people who want to be your next MP?
Here the Advertiser quizzes the parliamentary candidates for Labour, UKIP, the Greens and the Lib Dems.
(Tory candidate Kit Malthouse declined to take part).
Open ended questions
1. If I was Prime Minister for the day...
Labour candidate Andy Adams (AA): I’d make sure we put ordinary working people at the heart of everything we did.
UKIP candidate Sue Perkins (SP): I would set up a massive council-led clean-up campaign across the country.
Green candidate Dan Hill (DH): I would use it as a platform to tell people that the country can be run a different way.
Lib Dem candidate Alex Payton (AP): I’d make sure there are funds in place to keep the NHS free at the point of use.
2. Me in three words...
AA: Passionate, dedicated, fun
SP: Do-er, listener, optimist
DH: Modest, honest, accepting
AP: Determined, selfless and hardworking
3. My current Andover project/idea/policy/campaign...
AA: I’m campaigning for a taskforce to help revitalise the High Street and bring investment to the town centre, and if elected I will lead it.
SP: Any future housing developments should have proper infrastructure and be at least 40 per cent affordable housing.
DH: I would do something about companies holding unused land in the area and tell them to use it or lose it.
AP: I think something needs to be done about the infrastructure in the area.
4. The national newspaper I read...
AA: The Guardian on my iPad.
SP: I usually read all of the newspapers online but if I was to buy one it would be the Telegraph.
DH: I don’t read the nationals – I get my news from the BBC website.
AP: The Guardian.
5. The supermarket I mainly use...
AA: Asda.
SP: Waitrose – my other half gets a discount because he works there.
DH: Lidl when it is open.
AP: Sainsbury’s.
Question and answer
1. What is the minimum wage for someone aged 21 and over?
AA: About £6.80
SP: Around £7
DH: £6.70
AP: Just over £6.50
Correct answer: £6.50
2. What year was the Andover Advertiser founded?
AA: I’d say 19th century, 1885?
SP: 1984
DH: 1923
AP: 1920
Correct answer: 1858.
3. Who is the manager of Andover Town Football Club?
AA: Don’t know.
SP: No idea – I come from a rugby family.
DH: No idea.
AP: Don’t know.
Correct answer: Neil Benson.
4. Who is the mayor of Test Valley?
AA: Don’t know
SP: Don’t know
DH: Jan Lovell
AP: Jan Stovell
Correct answer: Jan Lovell.
5. How much does a pint of milk cost in one of the major supermarkets?
AA: 50p
SP: Well you can’t buy a pint of milk because of the EU, it has to be in litres. 75p
DH: 70p
AP: 46p
Correct answer: 49p.
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