Why not vote for yourselves?
Stand for election, mums netters. As party members or independents.
Cos I know what's involved more closely than most!!
It's hard enough with a party behind you, but harder still as a Indy.
There's a Labour incumbent, the LD candidate has wanted to do it since he was 15 and has been waiting for 20 years for the old candidates to decide to stand aside. Plus I'm not welcome in the party as I don't believe in fairies.
And the Tories have someone who has been not very subtle in his local activities about just how much he wants to be the next MP.
You also have to be a member of a party for a minimum amount of time.
That leaves being an Indy. And without support or a public profile of some sort nationally or locally its a fools errade. And not cheap if you intend to do flyers to alert constitents to your mere existence.
Nice fantasy.
Plus my family situation does not lend itself well to the long hours and spending half the week 200miles from home.