This page contains the views of the MP candidates for Alyn and Deeside on a wide range of issues

To see how their views compare with yours, pick any quote below and select your view.

Stop press: 4 of your candidates haven't gone on the record!

John Walker
(British National Party)

Will Gallagher
(Conservative Party)

Paul Brighton
(Liberal Democrats)

James Howson
(UK Independence Party - UKIP)

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National statements

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• Many people think taxes will have to rise in the next parliament to cut Britain's budget deficit. If they do, any increases should disproportionately be paid by higher earners.

  Select what YOU think to reveal their answers:	strongly agree	agree	neutral	disagree	strongly disagree
  Maurice Jones (Plaid Cymru - Party of Wales)	strongly agrees
  Mark Tami (Labour Party)		agrees

• The British government interferes too much with business.

  Select what YOU think to reveal their answers:	strongly agree	agree	neutral	disagree	strongly disagree
  Maurice Jones (Plaid Cymru - Party of Wales)				disagrees
  	“Large businesses need regulation for a wide variety of social and economic reasons. We should transfer small businesses to Limited Liability Partnerships that would release them from the demands of regulation and attract more people into business”
  Mark Tami (Labour Party)				disagrees

• Government should tackle climate change aggressively even if it means energy bills go up.

  Select what YOU think to reveal their answers:	strongly agree	agree	neutral	disagree	strongly disagree
  Maurice Jones (Plaid Cymru - Party of Wales)		agrees
  Mark Tami (Labour Party)		agrees

• It would be a big problem if Britain became more economically unequal over the next 5 years.

  Select what YOU think to reveal their answers:	strongly agree	agree	neutral	disagree	strongly disagree
  Maurice Jones (Plaid Cymru - Party of Wales)	strongly agrees
  	“We must end the bonus culture. I believe that no one in a company should be paid more than 10 times the wages of the lowest paid worker.”
  Mark Tami (Labour Party)	strongly agrees

• Despite the recession, Britain should increase spending on public sector services.

  Select what YOU think to reveal their answers:	strongly agree	agree	neutral	disagree	strongly disagree
  Maurice Jones (Plaid Cymru - Party of Wales)		agrees
  	“You can not cut your way out of recession If our national debt is 64% of GDP then increase GDP.Public sector cuts will only reduce GDP making things worse.”
  Mark Tami (Labour Party)		agrees
  	“health and education key and support for forces”

• People should provide for their own retirement, and not demand the state to help them do so.

  Select what YOU think to reveal their answers:	strongly agree	agree	neutral	disagree	strongly disagree
  Maurice Jones (Plaid Cymru - Party of Wales)					strongly disagrees
  	“Isn't that what National insurance was set up for?”
  Mark Tami (Labour Party)				disagrees
  	“we need a long term solution agreed and supported by all the main parties”

• Immigration levels are too high.

  Select what YOU think to reveal their answers:	strongly agree	agree	neutral	disagree	strongly disagree
  Maurice Jones (Plaid Cymru - Party of Wales)				disagrees
  	“If we need skills from abroad then we must have them.Setting an arbitrary figure is only going to cause problems.”
  Mark Tami (Labour Party)			is neutral
  	“support points based system”

• There are too many CCTV cameras in Britain.

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  Maurice Jones (Plaid Cymru - Party of Wales)			is neutral
  Mark Tami (Labour Party)				disagrees

• A married, heterosexual couple provide the best environment in which to raise a family.

  Select what YOU think to reveal their answers:	strongly agree	agree	neutral	disagree	strongly disagree
  Maurice Jones (Plaid Cymru - Party of Wales)				disagrees
  	“Children need loving parents. Marriage or sexual orientation is irrelevant.”
  Mark Tami (Labour Party)				disagrees
  	“it is not for others to dictate relationships”

• In general, politicians in Britain are honest.

  Select what YOU think to reveal their answers:	strongly agree	agree	neutral	disagree	strongly disagree
  Maurice Jones (Plaid Cymru - Party of Wales)				disagrees
  	“The Westminster parliament has an amazing ability to corrupt and it needs wholesale reform.The sooner the better that Wales is independent.”
  Mark Tami (Labour Party)		agrees

• The arts in Britain should pay for themselves, and not rely on Government subsidy.

  Select what YOU think to reveal their answers:	strongly agree	agree	neutral	disagree	strongly disagree
  Maurice Jones (Plaid Cymru - Party of Wales)				disagrees
  Mark Tami (Labour Party)				disagrees

• The new British government should begin negotiations to leave the European Union.

  Select what YOU think to reveal their answers:	strongly agree	agree	neutral	disagree	strongly disagree
  Maurice Jones (Plaid Cymru - Party of Wales)					strongly disagrees
  Mark Tami (Labour Party)					strongly disagrees

• Even if Iran develops a nuclear weapon, Britain should not support any military action against Iran.

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  Maurice Jones (Plaid Cymru - Party of Wales)	strongly agrees
  	“Israel was had illegal nuclear weapons for years and we have done nothing If we had Iran wouldn't feel the need to do this.”
  Mark Tami (Labour Party)			is neutral
  	“we need to access the threat to our country”

• British troops should stay in Afghanistan as long as they are needed.

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  Maurice Jones (Plaid Cymru - Party of Wales)					strongly disagrees
  	“We need to come home as soon as possible. Let an all Muslim UN force try to repair the damage.”
  Mark Tami (Labour Party)		agrees

• Britain spends too much money on foreign aid.

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  Maurice Jones (Plaid Cymru - Party of Wales)				disagrees
  Mark Tami (Labour Party)				disagrees

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