It would be wrong to think that there are just the main parties in the Sutton elections this year. Perhaps the largest of the "other" parties is the KOSHH Party.
This group is focused on the issues surrounding St Helier Hospital and have used the elections as part of their campaign to try to maintain pressure on all those who have the responsibility to keep the Hospital offering all of its current services.
Interestingly other parties have clearly had Saving St Helier as a central plank especially in the Northern Wards - but this group have chosen to strike out on their own.
Views on such groups vary. They may dilute votes, they may heighten awareness but for me it is another group of people engaging in the democratic process. This is no lightweight undertaking for they have had to find candidates, canvass and generate awareness.
They are to be congratulated for taking this level of interest.
This group is focused on the issues surrounding St Helier Hospital and have used the elections as part of their campaign to try to maintain pressure on all those who have the responsibility to keep the Hospital offering all of its current services.
Interestingly other parties have clearly had Saving St Helier as a central plank especially in the Northern Wards - but this group have chosen to strike out on their own.
Views on such groups vary. They may dilute votes, they may heighten awareness but for me it is another group of people engaging in the democratic process. This is no lightweight undertaking for they have had to find candidates, canvass and generate awareness.
They are to be congratulated for taking this level of interest.