Well! I wish I knew!
Local incumbent is Tory, made a half hearted attempt at Leadership.
We have a Green, he seems emminently fluffy, kind to boars, pine martens and other foresty furry critters. I may be wrong about him but as every Green link to him is broken I can't be certain! Oh look! He wants to make me proud of where I live, cos it is green and wonderful!
We have a Labour lady. Committed to being local. She wants to build a lot of new houses in that green and wonderful space and seems not to have fully comprehended the legalities of building into a Forest! So she will have to be pushing new builds into the small town I live in... where the roads and other infrastructure simply will not be able to cope. There is no scope for new roads, we are bound by rivers and forest and the one road out is already woefully inadequate, anyone else spend 2 1/2 hours to drive 7 miles for the past month?
An Independent whose whole schtick is he is local and his wife is lovely and his dog takes him out for walkies. He wants everything to be decided by reforenda!
Another Independent who is just a name, a very Not Local name.
Brexit and LibDem's stood down.
And a closer look at the up to date info tells me that the 2 Independent's won't be on the ballot!
So The Tory or 2 locals with little to recommend them. The Labour 'build 'em all houses of their own' simply cannot work round here and the Green party should be a walk over, given the geography - but unemployment is high, socio economic deprivation is high, literacy low and many local people want to be treated with as much respect as the local wildlife!
Which leaves us with good old Marky Mark!
I said I'd vote for the candidate with one solid local issue. Sadly I don't have one. So what the hell do I do?