Truro and Falmouth parliamentary constituency and a scorecard showing candidate replies to our open public letters

1. Candidate responses
NHS, Climate Change and Inequality
– a quick at a glance comparison

2. NHS Petition
Candidate responses and where they
differed from petition
Agreed
Differed

3. OUR NHS Repeal Health
& Soc Care Act
Restore NHS to
full publicly
funded publicly
delivered service
Restore Sec of State
Health as
democratically
accountable for
health services
Stop PFI Increase NHS
Funding by
minimum 4% per
year
Sarah Newton
MP
Conservative
Rik Evans NHA
Party
YES YES – through taxes
not private health
insurance
YES YES – along with full
investigation into mis-
sold PFI contracts
YES – funded by
tackling tax evasion
Simon Rix,
Libdem
YES – “will defend
NHS before party
interests”
YES YES YES YES
John Hyslop
UKIP
NO ANSWER NOT CLEAR – NHS to
be funded fm
taxation (but still
role for private
sector?)
NO - ‘UKIP believes in
local democracy ‘ -
locally elected boards
to oversee County’s
health services
YES – PFI a form of
‘private profit
extraction’
NO – but £3 billion
to be diverted fm EU
to invest in frontline
staff
Stephen
Richardson
Mebyon
Kernow
YES YES NO – power devolved
to Cornish Minister for
Health
YES – “PFI an act of
financial
mismanagement”
NO – Throwing
money at NHS not
sensible without
reform

4. OUR NHS Repeal Health &
Soc Care Act
Restore NHS to full
publicly funded
publicly delivered
service
Restore Sec of State
Health as
democratically
accountable for health
services
Stop PFI Increase NHS
Funding by
minimum 4% per
year
Stanley Guffogg,
Principles of
Politics (PoP
party)
YES YES – halt and reverse
privatisation of NHS
and all former public
services
YES YES PFI a ‘non solution’
that attempts to defer
the explicit recognition
of cost increases
YES
Stuart Roden
Labour
YES – Act an
‘unmitigated
disaster’
NOT CLEAR - transfer
of health services
‘halted immediately’
(but not reversed?)
YES YES NO - Labour to fund by
£2.5BN but “I would
campaign … minimum
of 4% per year”
Loic Richardson
Independent
Karen Westbrook,
Green
YES YES YES More then 70 NHS PFI
schemes are now
owned
offshore,meaning the
profits are beyond the
reach of the British tax
system
NO RESPONSE but
“Green Party would
ensure that there are
sufficiently qualified
staff” and reduce
health costs by
promoting healhtier
society

5. Climate Change Petition
Candidate responses and where they
differed from petition
Agreed
Differed

6. Climate
Change
Accept that
Climate
Change is
happening?
Put tackling
climate change at
heart of
government
policy
Prioritise climate
change policies
above business
and financial
needs
Support EU target
of 40% reduction
of carbon
emissions below
1990 levels by
2030
Support
renewable
energy target of
30% by 2030
Cease fossil fuel
subsidies,
including
development of
new fuels
through fracking
Sarah Newton
MP
Conservative
Rik Evans NHA
Party
YES YES YES YES YES YES – tax relief for
fossil fuels and
fracking
counterproductive
Simon Rix,
Libdem
YES YES - “Green
Britain Guarantee”
covering 5 Green
Laws
YES YES – Zero Carbon
Britain by 2050
YES – also boost
UK wide
community energy
investment
YES
John Hyslop
UKIP
Stephen
Richardson
Mebyon
Kernow
YES – 97%
consensus
NOT CLEAR but
would implement
zero waste policy
as part of closed
loop economy
NOT CLEAR –
given business
involvement in
tackling climate
change
YES – MK policy also
aims for mandatory
50% recycling by
2020 rising to 70%
by 2030
NOT CLEAR –
supports AD but
critical of wind and
solar as having
limited effect
YES – but need to
do this
incrementally

7. Climate
Change
Accept that
Climate
Change is
happening?
Put tackling
climate change at
heart of
government
policy
Prioritise climate
change policies
above business
and financial needs
Support EU target
of 40% reduction
of carbon
emissions below
1990 levels by
2030
Support
renewable
energy target of
30% by 2030
Cease fossil fuel
subsidies,
including
development of
new fuels
through fracking
Stanley
Guffogg,
Principles of
Politics (PoP
party)
YES YES – restore
Environmental
Agency to central
role & integrate
their advice
across Gov deps
YES - tax shift on
fossil fuels so that
full environmental
costs incorporatd n
market price. This in
turn brings about
societal changes
YES – multitude of
policies req’d, from
tax to political
instruments to
encourage
renewables
YES YES
Stuart Roden
Labour
YES YES YES YES NOT CLEAR –
supports
renewable energy
but gives no
commitment to Yr
2030 target
YES – but must be
done gradually
Loic
Richardson
Independent
Karen
Westbrook,
Green
YES YES – “our policies
policies amount
to a fundamental
transformation of
both lifestyles
and economy”
YES Many of these
policies will be very
unwelcome to major
corporations. Greens
would take steps to
reduce their political
power
DOES NOT SAY –
“need to reduce
emissions by 10%
per year” (??)
YES implied rather
than expliciit
YES

8. INEQUALITY
Candidate responses
Agrees with stance of letter
Disagrees with stance of
letter

9. Inequality What role should
state play in
bringing about
greater equality
What would you do
if elected
How can we ensure
that all workers
receive a Living
Wage
Do you agree that our
taxation system should
be more progressive
Do you think that we
need to address
extreme wealth as well
as extreme poverty?
Sarah Newton
MP
Conservative
Rik Evans NHA
Party
Reduce indirect
taxation incl VAT, stop
state persecution of
poor
NO ANSWER NOT CLEAR –
Minimum wage can?
Will? Should? Legislate
for this?
YES – evidence shows
economic growth
improved and public
services enhanced
YES- “no doubt that
extreme wealth causes
extreme poverty”
Simon Rix,
Libdem
Tax excessive wealth
and raise lower tax
thresh-hold (as per
manifesto).
Personally work to
reduce Nationa
Insurance so that
“I would like to see the
minimum wage
increase to a living
wage.”
“Yes I do. A future of less
progressive taxes would
be a bleak one, but it
appears that’s what the
Tories are aiming for if
they were to govern
alone.”
“Yes, income inequality has
been proven to be linked
with many ills in
society…Scandinavia
countries have less of a
gap… have happier,
healthier and safer
populations.”
John Hyslop
UKIP
role of taxation “to
equalise, by re-
distribution, allowing
investment, ….for the
greater good”.
Get resources and
equity with urban
budgets. Divert
financial resources
from EU. Invest in
health and care for
elderly
NO CLEAR ANSWER Yes - Yes - non-doms and multi-
national corporate (non)tax
payers need to be revisited
- use a treasury
commission to advise on
tax options.
Stephen
Richardson
Mebyon
Kernow

10. Inequality What role should
state play in
bringing about
greater equality
What would you do
if elected
How can we ensure
that all workers
receive a Living
Wage
Do you agree that our
taxation system
should be more
progressive
Do you think that we
need to address
extreme wealth as
well as extreme
poverty?
Stanley Guffogg
Principles of
Politics (PoP
party)
State should play
“the principal role”
but also need
reincorporate labour
unions into working
practice at a
fundamental level
Legislate the Living
Wage to be the
Minimum Wage
Through legislation Yes – woiuld give “high
priority” to this
Yes – with “high
priority”
Stuart Roden
Labour
Loic Richardson
Independent
Karen Westbrook,
Green