What Did Manchester No2ID Ask?
Each candidate in each ward was asked the same questions:
ID Questionnaire - sent to all candidates
You will no doubt be aware of the plan to introduce compulsory ID cards and a set of linked databases to manage a National Identity Scheme
. As this is an issue that will affect each and every voter, I am sending you this short questionnaire so as to determine your position on the nationalisation of personal identity.
- Do you support plans for a Home Office agency to track the life-history of every person over the age of 16 resident in your ward? YES/NO
- Do you support expenditure of your authority's funds on integrating council computer systems with the Home Office identity management databases and 'verification charges' for council services? YES/NO
- Two dozen local authorities, the Welsh and London Assemblies and the Scottish Parliament have passed motions opposing the National Identity Scheme. If elected, will you vote for/oppose/abstain on such a motion? VOTE FOR/OPPOSE/ABSTAIN
Please add any comments you may have:
Thank you in advance for your reply. It is my intention to publicise
the responses I receive so that voters may be clear on each
candidate's position before voting on May 3rd.
What Do My Candidates Think?
| Name |
Party |
Question 1 |
Question 2 |
Question 3 |
| Victoria J H ALBUM |
Green Party |
No response |
| David HOPPS |
The Conservative Party Candidate |
No response |
| John HULSE |
Independent |
No response |
| Mick LOUGHMAN |
The Labour Party Candidate |
No response |
| Sitting Councillor; voted against the anti-ID Cards motion. |
| Daniel J VALENTINE |
Liberal Democrats |
NO |
NO |
VOTE FOR |
| Name |
Party |
Question 1 |
Question 2 |
Question 3 |
| Kashif ALI |
The Conservative Party Candidate |
No response |
| Jawaid CHAUDHRY |
Liberal Democrats |
NO |
NO |
VOTE FOR |
| Justine M HALL |
Green Party |
NO |
NO |
VOTE FOR |
Comments: We still don't know what data exactly the Government want on these cards--how much will they monitor us?? All the data will be computerised, almost certainly by a private company. The Government's record on these schemes is appalling-just last week a large amount of very personal data about junior doctors was leaked on the internet--how can we trust the Government to keep our data secure? We don't want or need ID cards--the Government's plans should be stopped. |
| Bernard PRIEST |
The Labour Party Candidate |
No response |
| Sitting Councillor; voted against the anti-ID Cards motion. |
| Name |
Party |
Question 1 |
Question 2 |
Question 3 |
| Paul G ANDREWS |
The Labour and Co-operative Party Candidate |
No response |
| Sitting Councillor; voted against the anti-ID Cards motion. |
| Karen J DUFFY |
Green Party |
No response |
| William D FISHER |
Liberal Democrat |
NO |
NO |
VOTE FOR |
| John S LEANING |
The Conservative Party Candidate |
No response |
| Lynn WORTHINGTON |
Socialist Alternative- Save Our Baby Unit |
Unable to contact |
| Name |
Party |
Question 1 |
Question 2 |
Question 3 |
| Rosa BATTLE |
The Labour Party Candidate |
No response |
| James GUISE |
Liberal Democrats |
NO |
NO |
VOTE FOR |
| Rodney KELLER |
The Conservative Party Candidate |
No response |
| Christopher WALDON |
Green Party |
NO |
NO |
VOTE FOR |
| Name |
Party |
Question 1 |
Question 2 |
Question 3 |
| Sue COOLEY |
The Labour Party Candidate |
No response |
| Sitting Councillor; did not vote on the anti-ID Cards motion. |
| David J KIERMAN |
Liberal Democrats |
NO |
NO |
VOTE FOR |
| Tamisin MACCARTHY-MORROGH |
Green Party |
NO |
NO |
VOTE FOR |
| Marie RAYNOR |
The Conservative Party Candidate |
No response |
| Name |
Party |
Question 1 |
Question 2 |
Question 3 |
| Iain DONALDSON |
Liberal Democrats |
NO |
NO |
VOTE FOR |
| Sitting Councillor; voted for the anti-ID Cards motion. |
| Frank DUFFY |
The Labour Party Candidate |
No response |
| Joseph M GAIR |
Green Party |
No response |
| Peter M SCHOFIELD |
The Conservative Party Candidate |
No response |
| Name |
Party |
Question 1 |
Question 2 |
Question 3 |
| Basil CURLEY |
Labour Party Candidate |
No response |
| Sitting Councillor; voted against the anti-ID Cards motion. |
| Helen S DOLAN |
Green Party |
No response |
| Kim E GLASSPOLE |
The Conservative Party Candidate |
No response |
| Andrea RITCHIE |
United Kingdom Independence Party |
NO |
NO |
VOTE FOR |
| Ann RODGERS |
Liberal Democrats - For a Fairer Britain |
NO |
NO |
VOTE FOR |
| Name |
Party |
Question 1 |
Question 2 |
Question 3 |
| Wajid ALI |
The Conservative Party Candidate |
No response |
| Mohammed A KHAN |
The Labour Party Candidate |
No response |
| Sitting Councillor; did not vote on the anti-ID Cards motion. |
| Sham RAJA |
Liberal Democrats - For a Fairer Britain |
NO |
NO |
VOTE FOR |
| Jackie SMITH |
Green Party |
No response |
| Name |
Party |
Question 1 |
Question 2 |
Question 3 |
| Paul J ANKERS |
Liberal Democrat |
NO |
NO |
VOTE FOR |
| Brian A CANDELAND |
Green Party |
NO |
NO |
VOTE FOR |
| Angela M GALLAGHER |
The Labour Party Candidate |
No response |
| Sitting Councillor; voted against the anti-ID Cards motion. |
| Claire MCLAUCHLIN |
The Conservative Party Candidate |
No response |
| Name |
Party |
Question 1 |
Question 2 |
Question 3 |
| Tony BETHELL |
Liberal Democrat |
NO |
NO |
VOTE FOR |
| Sitting Councillor; voted for the anti-ID Cards motion. |
| Kathryn M BROWNBRIDGE |
Green Party |
No response |
| Robert P A CHILTON |
The Conservative Party Candidate |
No response |
| John HACKING |
The Labour and Co-operative Party Candidate |
No response |
| Name |
Party |
Question 1 |
Question 2 |
Question 3 |
| Rob ADLARD |
The Conservative Party Candidate |
No response |
| Kin CHENG |
Independent |
No response |
| Kathy CROTTY |
The Labour Party Candidate |
No response |
| Kenneth DOBSON |
Liberal Democrat |
NO |
NO |
VOTE FOR |
| Sitting Councillor; voted for the anti-ID Cards motion. |
| Birgit A VOLLM |
Green Party |
No response |
| Name |
Party |
Question 1 |
Question 2 |
Question 3 |
| John S CUMMINGS |
Green Party |
NO |
NO |
VOTE FOR |
Comments: I have always opposed systems of identity cards. Fundamentally, I believe that, in a democracy, it is the government which should be accountable to the electorate. It should not be the responsibility of adults going lawfully about their own business to account to the State for their presence or identity. I do not accept the arguments usually put forward, along the lines that it will prevent terrorism, organized crime, or illegal immigration. The notion that ID cards might be attached to access to public services seems founded on xenophobia. I also forsee all sorts of administrative mistakes, which end up causing no end of hardships for innocent people whose cards are lost, stolen, fail to be read accurately etc. I have concerns about data security, and misuse of information both by other state organizations and by unauthorised people who gain access to data via the ID code, which at the moment is kept separately. |
| Adrian P GLASSPOLE |
The Conservative Party Candidate |
No response |
| Con KEEGAN |
The Labour Party Candidate |
No response |
| Sitting Councillor; voted against the anti-ID Cards motion. |
| Muhammad R SHAHBAZ |
Liberal Democrats - For a Fairer Britain |
NO |
NO |
VOTE FOR |
| Name |
Party |
Question 1 |
Question 2 |
Question 3 |
| Geoff BRIDSON |
The Labour Party Candidate |
No response |
| David FAIRCLOUGH |
The Conservative Party Candidate |
No response |
| Helen D FISHER |
Liberal Democrats |
NO |
NO |
VOTE FOR |
| Sitting Councillor; did not vote on the anti-ID Cards motion. |
| Gerry GEE |
Green Party |
No response |
| Name |
Party |
Question 1 |
Question 2 |
Question 3 |
| James ALDEN |
Green Party |
No response |
| Peter CADDICK |
The Conservative Party Candidate |
No response |
| David C ELLISON |
The Labour Party Candidate |
No response |
| Robert GUTFREUND-WALMSLEY |
United Kingdom Independence Party |
No response |
| Neil A TRAFFORD |
Liberal Democrats |
NO |
NO |
VOTE FOR |
| Sitting Councillor; voted for the anti-ID Cards motion. |
| Name |
Party |
Question 1 |
Question 2 |
Question 3 |
| Ashton J E CULL |
The Conservative Party Candidate |
No response |
| Peter M MORRISON |
The Labour Party Candidate |
No response |
| Sitting Councillor; voted against the anti-ID Cards motion. |
| Rachel M SILLS |
Green Party |
No response |
| John-Paul WILKINS |
Liberal Democrat Focus Team |
NO |
NO |
VOTE FOR |
| Name |
Party |
Question 1 |
Question 2 |
Question 3 |
| Wendy HELSBY |
Liberal Democrat Focus Team |
NO |
NO |
VOTE
FOR |
| Sitting Councillor; did not vote on the anti-ID Cards motion. |
| John HUGHES |
The Labour Party Candidate |
No response |
| Joyce KAYE |
The Conservative Party Candidate |
No response |
| Rachel M WILSON |
Green Party |
No response |
| Name |
Party |
Question 1 |
Question 2 |
Question 3 |
| Simon ASHLEY |
Liberal Democrat Focus Team |
NO |
NO |
VOTE
FOR |
| Sitting Councillor; voted for the anti-ID Cards motion. |
| Lawrie CLAPHAM |
The Conservative Party Candidate |
No response |
| Sabrina J JONES |
Tusp |
Unable to contact |
| Julie REID |
The Labour Party Candidate |
No response |
| Barnaby J C WOLFRAM |
Green Party |
No response |
| Name |
Party |
Question 1 |
Question 2 |
Question 3 |
| Robert K BRETTLE |
Liberal Democrats - For a Fairer Britain |
NO |
NO |
VOTE FOR |
| Roger P BULLOCK |
United Kingdom Independence Party |
NO |
NO |
VOTE FOR |
| Joanne M GREEN |
The Labour Party Candidate |
No response |
| Sitting Councillor; voted against the anti-ID Cards motion. |
| Harriet HOLDER |
The Conservative Party Candidate |
No response |
| Katherine M SMITH |
Green Party |
No response |
| Name |
Party |
Question 1 |
Question 2 |
Question 3 |
| Vivienne I CLARKE |
The Conservative Party Candidate |
No response |
| Joseph G M FINNON |
BNP |
No response |
| Harold LYONS |
The Labour Party Candidate |
No response |
| Sitting Councillor; voted against the anti-ID Cards motion. |
| Brian NEWTON |
Liberal Democrats |
NO |
NO |
VOTE FOR |
| Shirley R REEVE |
United Kingdom Independence Party |
No response |
| Michael SHAW |
Green Party |
No response |
| Name |
Party |
Question 1 |
Question 2 |
Question 3 |
| Andrew P BINNS |
The Conservative |
No response |
| Steven J DURRANT |
Green Party |
NO |
NO |
VOTE FOR |
| Mary MURPHY |
The Labour Party Candidate |
No response |
| Sitting Councillor; voted against the anti-ID Cards motion. |
| Oliver WEST |
Liberal Democrats |
NO |
NO |
VOTE FOR |
| Name |
Party |
Question 1 |
Question 2 |
Question 3 |
| Anne CARROLL |
The Conservative Party Candidate |
No response |
| John P B COMMONS |
Liberal Democrat Focus Team |
NO |
NO |
VOTE FOR |
| Sitting Councillor; voted for the anti-ID Cards motion. |
| Peter THOMPSON |
Green Party |
No response |
| Dermot S ZAFAR |
The Labour Party Candidate |
No response |
| Name |
Party |
Question 1 |
Question 2 |
Question 3 |
| Abid L CHOHAN |
Liberal Democrats |
NO |
NO |
VOTE FOR |
| Sitting Councillor; voted for the anti-ID Cards motion. |
| Spencer S FITZGIBBON |
Green Party |
No response |
| Sajjid HUSSAIN |
The Labour Party Candidate |
No response |
| Jane A I'ANSON |
The Conservative Party Candidate |
No response |
| Name |
Party |
Question 1 |
Question 2 |
Question 3 |
| Derek G ADAMS |
British National Party |
No response |
| Lisa A DUFFY |
United Kingdom Independence Party |
NO |
NO |
VOTE FOR |
Comments: I am fully against the National Identity Register, I cannot see how this will be able to stop the threat of terrorism in our country. The only way i feel we can do this is by taking back control of our borders. |
| Heather N GRANT |
The Conservative Party Candidate |
No response |
| June HITCHIN |
The Labour Party Candidate |
No response |
| Sitting Councillor; voted against the anti-ID Cards motion. |
| Damien P O'CONNOR |
Liberal Democrats |
NO |
NO |
VOTE FOR |
| Anthony J QUINN |
Green Party |
No response |
| Name |
Party |
Question 1 |
Question 2 |
Question 3 |
| Sameen ALI |
The Labour Party Candidate |
No response |
| George S CZERNUSZKA |
Green Party |
NO |
NO |
VOTE FOR |
Comments: This is an issue on which I feel very strongly. I have previously taken it up with my MP. My fears relate particularly to my family background in Central Europe in the 1940s. I can all too easily imagine what the Gestapo could have done with a centralised DNA database. Please let no one tell me it couldn't happen here. Just replace "Jewish" with "Muslim" and see where that leads you. |
| Zeke E UKAIRO |
Liberal Democrats |
NO |
NO |
VOTE FOR |
| Peter YOUNG |
The Conservative Party Candidate |
No response |
| Name |
Party |
Question 1 |
Question 2 |
Question 3 |
| Henry COOPER |
The Labour Party Candidate |
No response |
| Sitting Councillor; voted against the anti-ID Cards motion. |
| Robin W GOATER |
Green Party |
No response |
| Timothy J HARTLEY |
Liberal Democrats |
NO |
NO |
VOTE FOR |
| Tony PINDER |
The Conservative Party Candidate |
No response |
| Peter D REEVE |
United Kingdom Independence Party |
NO |
NO |
VOTE FOR |
Comments: I am very opposed to any centralised government data base collecting the history of any person other than criminals, and then only in relation to convicted offences. I believe this is a gross misuse of public funds and the point of decentralised computer data bases is to allow a plurocracy to exist. So no central organisation has direct access to an individuals details. Where I come from this was called democracy. I will campaign to stop this misuse of public funds. I will be very vocal in opposing the National Identity Scheme on Manchester Council |
| Name |
Party |
Question 1 |
Question 2 |
Question 3 |
| Sandra J BRACEGIRDLE |
The Labour Party Candidate |
No response |
| Lance CROOKES |
Green Party |
No response |
| Nathan J CRUDDAS |
The Conservative Party Candidate |
No response |
| Martin C EAKINS |
Liberal Democrat Focus Team |
NO |
NO |
VOTE FOR |
| Name |
Party |
Question 1 |
Question 2 |
Question 3 |
| Alice J COREN |
Green Party |
NO |
NO |
VOTE FOR |
Comments: I feel that a 'big brother' agency is an unnecessary expenditure with unclear and suspect aims and objectives - too many inroads are being made on our personal liberties under the name of anti-terrorism. Greens in general, and me included, would rather spend money on encouraging a safer world where justice and choice are prioritised rather than paranoia and a climate of fear. |
| Andrew PERFECT |
The Conservative Party Candidate |
No response |
| Jeffrey SMITH |
The Labour Party Candidate |
No response |
| Sitting Councillor; voted against the anti-ID Cards motion. |
| Richard J WILSON |
Liberal Democrat |
NO |
NO |
VOTE FOR |
| Name |
Party |
Question 1 |
Question 2 |
Question 3 |
| Nahella ASHRAF |
Respect - The Unity Coalition |
No response |
| Atiha CHAUDRY |
The Labour Party Candidate |
No response |
| Abu M CHOWDHURY |
Liberal Democrat Focus Team |
NO |
NO |
VOTE FOR |
| Sitting Councillor; voted for the anti-ID Cards motion. |
| Penny COLLINS |
Green Party |
No response |
| Daniel R VALENTINE |
The Conservative Party Candidate |
No response |
| Name |
Party |
Question 1 |
Question 2 |
Question 3 |
| Amanda COLLINS |
Green Party |
No response |
| Tina DUNICAN |
Liberal Democrats |
NO |
NO |
VOTE FOR |
| Joyce E KELLER |
The Labour and Co-operative Party Candidate |
No response |
| Sitting Councillor; voted against the anti-ID Cards motion. |
| Jimmy MCCULLOUGH |
The Conservative Party Candidate |
No response |
| Name |
Party |
Question 1 |
Question 2 |
Question 3 |
| Faraz A BHATTI |
Liberal Democats |
NO |
NO |
VOTE FOR |
| Sitting Councillor; voted for the anti-ID Cards motion. |
| Mary R CANDELAND |
Green Party |
NO |
NO |
VOTE FOR |
| Kath FRY |
The Labour Party Candidate |
No response |
| Name |
Party |
Question 1 |
Question 2 |
Question 3 |
| Adele N DOUGLAS |
The Conservative Party Candidate |
No response |
| Alison P FIRTH |
Liberal Democrats - For a Fairer Britain |
NO |
NO |
VOTE FOR |
| Sitting Councillor; voted for the anti-ID Cards motion. |
| Felicity S PARIS |
Green Party |
No response |
| Andrew SIMCOCK |
The Labour Party Candidate |
No response |
| Name |
Party |
Question 1 |
Question 2 |
Question 3 |
| Jody N BRADFORD |
Green Party |
NO |
NO |
VOTE FOR |
| Stephen J HEATH |
The Conservative Party Candidate |
No response |
| Barbara O'NEIL |
The Labour Party Candidate |
No response |
| Sitting Councillor; did not vote on the anti-ID Cards motion. |
| Joseph PODBYLSKI |
Liberal DEMOCRATS |
NO |
NO |
VOTE FOR |
