In Chesterfield the main concern for people living in the town was Brexit , climate crisis, mental health services and education.
Labour strongly holds the seats Chesterfield.
In the 2015, Labour had 21,829 compared to the Tories who had just 8,231.
In the last General Election in 2017, the Conservative Party doubled their seats with 16,661 and Labour 26,266.
David Smith, 59, taxi driver
I am voting for the Brexit Party because we need to take back control of the country.
My choice has nothing to do with immigration.
I want the next Government to invest in better trade deals with further afield countries such as India and Japan.
The Government also needs to invest in businesses here in Chesterfield.
Many shops have closed, the business rates are very high, making it difficult for shops to cope.
I’m a taxi driver and work is slow for us.
This morning I’ve had one job in the past hour and a half, it’s hard to survive, it’s hard to make ends meet.
Eileen Harrison, 71, retired
I have been a Labour supporter all my life and I am very supportive of Corbyn.
I have written to him many times about the policies which are important to me and I have also seen him when he was canvassing in Matlock.
I suffer from a mental health illness and it is important that the Government make improvements so people can access services and the support they need.
Corbyn needs to put this to the top of his priorities because there are people out there who are not very well.
There was a stigma behind mental health but people do talk about it nowadays.
There is an organisation called Pathways of Chesterfield who support people in need and they work to prevent homelessness.
They do great work and try to help people get out or certain situations.
There are cutbacks being made everywhere and it isn’t good, people are not happy.
Rodger Nornable, 71, retired electrical engineer
I care about global warming, something which the two main parties don’t seem to take much interest in, as they are all about Brexit.
So I’m voting for the Green Party.
More needs to be done about the flooring and we need to invest more in non-polluted trains, many trains going through Chesterfield are diesel run.
The Government needs to invest in electrical vehicles and transport.
Back when I was a young boy we had milk delivered in glass bottles.
It’s now plastic which actually costs more, whereas we could recycle glass bottles.
There is also a lot of problems for the NHS but that is down to an overload of lifestyle choices.
For example diabetes, people can try to make lifestyle changes to ease the pressure on the NHS or people who smoke should pay more.
Surjit Jhuty, runs a clothes stall
We will be voting Labour, like we’ve done in the past.
Education is an important policy because everyone deserves the chance to have an education and build a better life for themselves.
My parents are in their 90s and use the NHS.
They’ve always had good service from them but the NHS needs more staff and more funding.
People are always complaining about it, there are so many promises being made.
It is also hard to get GP appointments.
I also think more needs to be done to improve care homes.
I think the next council needs to improve Chesterfield city centre too.
There aren’t many market stalls left.
Maybe they could introduce free parking on certain days of the week as an incentive to bring people in.
There is nowhere for shoppers to park.
Steve Siddall, 57, runs a market stall
I’m voting Conservatives. I didn’t always vote for them, I have voted Labour in the past.
The main reason I’m not voting this time for Labour is because of Corbyn, he’s not very good.
We want to be out of Europe, we are better off.
We can look after our own country, we pay a lot into the EU and we don’t see any of it.
The Government also needs to look at investment in town.
We are a market town, yet the markets are barely used anymore.
Local people are not using the markets, but it is local people complaining when they close.
We need more investment in businesses, the shop and businesses rates are very high.
Peter McCrave, 52, also runs a market stall
Every time there is an election, empty promises are being made.
We get false promises.
So I’m voting for the Brexit Party, because the person running it, Nigel Farage, has been around for a few years and knows what the people want.
Policies like the NHS, police, crime, schools and mental health are very important.
Police presence has been cut vastly in this town, there are regular fights around the markets and there is never enough police around.
If you tell the council they say, their hands are tied and to call the police.
There is nowhere for people with mental health conditions to go, there is no help for them.
Mental health is much more talked about now, it’s considered more acceptable to talk about it.
But people are suffering in silence, where can they go to get help?
The town has a big drug problem, but who is tackling it? The town has gone downhill, it’s hard to make a living.
