We asked all the parliamentary candidates in Cardiff Central to sum up their manifesto in 50 words. See how they responded below.
Mark Beech, Monster Raving Loony Party
"Contrary to the view presented in the media, this election is not to elect a government; but to elect someone to represent you and your community. If you want a representative free from the shackles of cartel politics, free to practise common sense, the sane option is to vote Loony."
Sam Coates, Green Party
"Greens support people rather than big business. Instead of cutting and throwing people on the dole we want to invest in a million green jobs to get out of recession and tackle climate change. Vote Green and protect public services, scrap top-up fees and for decent pensions."
Alun Mathias, Independent
"I am standing for Election because there are a billion people dying of poverty in the world's poorest countries and we can afford to help them, so we should. This time round, send a clear message to the politicians, vote for something worth voting for – vote for the world's poor."
Jenny Rathbone, Labour
• Raise family living standards by increasing child tax credits
• Secure the recovery with 1 million new skilled green jobs
• Protect frontline services for frail and vulnerable people
• Strengthen fairness with a Robin Hood Tax on banks
• Reform Parliament and renew public service
Chris Williams, Plaid Cymru
"I stand for Plaid because I trust them. We speak for the unfairly treated people living in Wales. We have always been let down and exploited by the so called 'major' parties and we know that we can do better as we are demonstrating now in the Assembly. Vote Plaid."
Jenny Willott, Liberal Democrat
"The Liberal Democrats want to make Britain fairer – by raising the income tax allowance to £10,000 making 30,000 people in Cardiff Central better off; investing in green jobs for the future; scrapping tuition fees; giving more money to disadvantaged pupils, and cleaning up politics so we can start rebuilding trust."
Karen Robson (Conservative), Ross Saunders (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition) and Susan Davies (UKIP) did not respond.
