Local Campaigner James Clarke standing in Sidemoor Byelection

Local campaigner James Clarke lives in Bromsgrove and has raised his family here, sending his children to local state schools. James has managed and coached junior football teams in Bromsgrove and now runs his own business. He wants to pay back into our community and use his passion and skills to build a better future for the people of Sidemoor.

As an active campaigner he has been working hard for Sidemoor outside of election time, having stood here at the local elections last year where he finished second to Labour with the Conservatives in third place.

James is standing up for Sidemoor's residents against Labour's 82% increase in housebuilding targets for Bromsgrove, which would see over 700 houses built every year. James is opposing the local house building hike and believes that housing should be built on brownfield sites first as a priority rather than on green belt. Where housing is built, he is fighting for the Council to prioritise more affordable housing over executive homes, along with campaigning for these to be built in the right places with the right infrastructure in place.

As James lives locally, he sits in the same traffic as residents and congestion is only getting worse. That is why he has been campaigning for a real solution to tackle traffic congestion in Bromsgrove, by supporting local Lib Dem councillors who recently proposed a new study into traffic relief options but this was unfortunately voted against by Labour and Conservative councillors.