Jane Tuckett: independent parliamentary candidate for Hackney South
Jane Tuckett, independent parliamentary candidate for Hackney South
Jane Tuckett is a housewife who is happy to admit that she has “no previous political experience”.
She has a law degree, however, and she has entered politics for the first time as an independent candidate for Hackney South and Shoreditch “to represent those like myself, who feel that they have been ignored by the system.”
Ms Tuckett has lived in Dalston for 25 years, has three grown children and she helps to look after her grandchildren.
Her key policy pledges include:
Regular consultation with constituents to identify their major concerns
Identification, promotion, and support for the founding of local consultation/working groups. These will be composed of representatives from all concerned political parties, organisations and sectional groups that have a particular interest in, knowledge of or skill in the subject under consideration. The members of these groups will be required to co-operate, working across all party and sectional interest lines, to devise and implement sensible, practical solutions with the overriding objective of benefiting as many Hackney constituents as possible.
In Parliament, she will support any legislation that assists in these initiatives and oppose any that hinders them, irrespective of which party is introducing the measure. Where there are national issues that have a special impact upon her constituency, such as the 2012 Olympics, she will campaign to ensure that constituents derive a lasting benefit.
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“I believe that the candidates from the established parties are restricted by party policies from having the freedom that is required to adopt solutions that are suitable for Hackney’s unique circumstances,” says Jane Tuckett.
“What is needed is an approach that cuts across party boundaries – an approach founded upon objective, commonsense principles to be applied in the true spirit of co-operation. Such an approach needs to be engineered by someone that is independent of the established parties and who has no sectional interests to represent.
“As an independent MP, I will be able to take regular soundings of constituents’ major concerns and promote the establishment of local consultation/working groups that will be empowered to devise and implement sensible, practical solutions with the overriding objective of securing the maximum benefit for the maximum number of constituents,” she said.
Note: this article was published at 10.30pm on Friday 30 April 2010