Bev Craig: “Fantastic people doing incredible things against the odds every single day – rejecting the politics of hate but standing…”

I never believed as a girl growing up on a council estate that one day I would have the chance to stand for the place that I love.

When people ask what’s the difference between you and Andy - there’s loads of differences. But I am standing as my own person, with my own ideas, and I’ll be accountable to this region, and to no one else.

Because that is what it is all about.

The generational belief that we had, that if you work hard and do the right thing, your life will be better and the life of the community will be better, is something that many people just don’t feel at the minute.