A big thank you to everyone who voted Conservative in Portsmouth South. I am sorry that we could not make it a win but we have worked really hard over the last two years and will continue to do so now we have a functioning office and are building a good network. You will see a huge difference as we move forward and become an efficient and effective campaigning team and we are always happy to take on any problems or issues that you have.

A big congratulations to Cllr Luke Stubbs for being re-elected, he is an excellent ward councillor and works hard for Eastney and Craneswater. In fact, he is my councillor too so I will be keeping him busy.

This is a great time to get involved with the Conservatives so please contact us if you want to help.

The team leaving the office to meet others to canvass in Fratton

I have really enjoyed canvassing over the last two and half years and have met over 15,000 people on the doorstep with my ever increasing team of helpers. Many of you have been out but I think it is really important to actually knock on doors and listen to people and we have been in many streets 2-3 times. Endless leaflets mean nothing if you can’t see the candidate. 20 of my fantastic team finally finished canvassing with me this evening in Fratton and we are looking forward to making sure everyone gets out to vote tomorrow.

Portsmouth South is an incredibly important seat, we are 70 out of 117 seats that the Conservatives have to win to get rid of Gordon Brown and his failing government. While I hate negative campaigning, the thought of him being still there on Friday with a mandate to carry on fills me with horror.

So why vote for me and the Conservative team of councillors here.

I have now lived here for just over 2 years. I could have commuted from Winchester which had been my home since 1988, but I feel very strongly that to be committed to an area you have to live here, pay council tax and put up with the same problems and issues that every other constituent has to. As you can imagine, that has been a huge financial commitment but we love living in Southsea and have made many friends.

I want to be a full time MP, Portsmouth needs a lot of investment and I see that as one of my main roles. Fighting for more investment from government and bringing more businesses to our great city. I am very interested in high tech industry which suits our employment needs and am pleased that we are centre of excellence in the defence industry. We are completely committed to the dockyard and keeping the Royal Navy in Portsmouth and I am looking forward to working with them.

Our education is improving but we need to work further to make sure that it continues along that path and I am looking forward to Building Schools for the Future being a success here and schools receiving more power under a Conservative Government.

Immigration has been a big issue on the doorstep and I think we have the best policy which combines a point system with a cap on the numbers. The cap will be flexible depending on what we need but we won’t be having immigration in the hundreds of thousands again.

There are many other issues and lots of individual and group ones which, if elected, I will work hard to solve. We have some very able people standing as local councillors and I look forward to working with them when we get elected and I hope we will have a Conservative run council on Friday. It is important to work with everyone in the interest of Portsmouth and I will work with any party or individual that has good ideas and can make a difference to our city.

Please get out and vote tomorrow, this is one of the most exciting elections for some time and your vote could make a huge difference.

David Willetts

We are very lucky to have David Willetts as a local MP in Havant and we were grateful to have him canvassing today in Old Portsmouth. He then spent the whole day in various target seats around Hampshire to give us support. Issues on the doorstep were immigration and the economy and it is always useful to have a member of the shadow cabinet to answer questions.

Some of the team continued with delivering letters while others accompanied me to St Mary’s Fair which was huge and very well attended. It must have raised loads of money. We had a hot dog lunch listening to the Portsmouth City Band which is exceptional and spent money on tombolas and biscuits for the hardworking team in the office. On the way back, we stopped at the British Legion’s fete near the station, you could hear the music from our offices in Fratton.

The campaign has been going very well and I am incredibly grateful for the ever growing team of volunteers, most of which have given up a lovely Bank holiday to work on getting rid of Mr Brown.