by Andrea Foster, Keighley Shared Church

In 2010 nearly three-quarters of Keighley’s electorate voted in the General Election. I, like many others, am still very much undecided this time, but feel that it is very important to take part.

I discovered from the internet that since 1946 Keighley has chosen either Labour or Conservative, alternating each time. Perhaps that tells us something about the lack of satisfaction we usually experience following on from all the promises that politicians make and fail to carry through.

Keighley is a good place to live but we have our problems just like other towns, and we look to our politicians to help solve them.

As Christians, we are urged by the Archbishop of York and others to work for “the common good of all” and I see evidence of concern, help and social conscience throughout the work of many church groups, secular organisations and our local town council.

I see evidence of communities and different faiths working together. This is all very encouraging, and will hopefully get even better. But how to vote this time? That is the question! Which politicians, and which political party, is truly focused on making things better for our country and committed to the idea of “the common good of all”?

I hope that we will all think very carefully before making our choice, that we will all vote if we can and that after the election all sections of society benefit from the decisions made during the next five years.