Green Candidate makes MP Pledge and challenges other candidates to sign up

23 April 2010

Green Party candidate for Witham, James Abbott is today issuing a 5 point MP Pledge to be carried out if he is elected to parliament on May 6th. He has written to the other 4 candidates in Witham constituency asking them if they too will commit to the pledge.

MP Pledge

If elected as MP for Witham:

1. My top priority will be to represent the people of Witham constituency
2. I will take no second jobs that conflict with being an MP
3. I will not work for lobbying companies
4. I will not take overseas trips at taxpayers expense
5. I will make sure that details of all my pay and expenses are made fully public

James Abbott said:

"I am totally committed to the need to clean up politics. The behaviour of many MPs during the last parliament was totally unacceptable. MPs have to accept that they are only there because voters elect MPs to parliament to represent them and they can only work as MPs because taxpayers fund their salaries and expenses.

If elected as the first MP for the new Witham constituency, I want to play a part in restoring some of the lost faith in our democratic system."

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