The Daily Mirror 2010 guide to voting tactically to keep the Tories out confirms

Labour supporters – vote Labour here

Charlotte’s promises to you:

an honest, fair, hardworking, local MP who lives hereI will only claim for the direct costs of doing the job. I will publish my diary and expenses in full. I will not take on a second job.

protecting Cornwall’s NHSNew NHS treatment guarantees for patients. Get results from cancer tests within one week of seeing your GP. Mums can choose where to give birth.

fair funding for elderly careLabour will introduce a new National Care Service like the NHS. Free of the fear that people must sell their homes and spend family savings to pay for the care they need.

more local jobs

Labour’s investment will help start up new industries for Cornwall – in the creative, digital, marine, maritime, and renewable sectors.

local homes your family can affordMy job as an MP will partly be to help ensure Cornwall Council listens to you and delivers more local homes that your family can afford. Labour is investing in low cost housing, and helping first-time buyers by raising the stamp duty threshold to £250,000, and

we will keep mortgage interest rates low.

more new schools and better children’s servicesThis year the Labour Government allocated £69 Million of a possible total £500 Million for Cornwall’s schools for the future. The Labour Government intervened to make sure Cornwall Council improves local children’s services.

fair system of student fundingAccess to university must be based on ability, not wealth – I will put local students first when considering any proposed changes to university funding, and vote against any increase in top up fees.

The choice in this constituency

At every general election since the second world war when Falmouth was in the same constituency as Truro, Labour won the seat.

In this constituency today there is a three way fight between the main Parties. It is only fair for voters to expect openness from the candidates, particularly in the wake of the MPs’ expenses scandal.

After your MP is elected, whether or not they choose transparency, they will be under public scrutiny.

The well-established website They Work for You which keeps track of how MPs vote on key issues has invited candidates to answer national and local questions to help people decide how to place their vote. At the time of posting this, the Tory and Green candidates in Truro and Falmouth have not done so. Why not?

Public trust in politicians is a huge issue at this election. But only Charlotte MacKenzie for Labour and the Tory candidate in this constituency have so far made and published a voluntary declaration of interests. This isn’t a legal requirement for candidates, but it is for MPs.

Surely those wanting to be elected must recognise voters will make up their own minds if they fail to publish this information using the common format.