About Guy Voizey

Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Spokesman for Canterbury and Whitstable

Guy Voizey with MEPs Sharon Bowles and Catherine Bearder

A resident of Whitstable, Guy has lived in East Kent for most of his life. His first job on leaving school was in Canterbury - his hardest was picking beans on a farm in Ickham.

For five years after leaving university, Guy taught Economics and Politics to A level students at a school in Surrey. He has been working as a financial journalist for the last eight years, providing advice to international companies on all aspects of corporate finance.

Guy's main political interests are education, business and the economy and international development. On education, Guy feels too many young people are ignored by the mainstream education system. He wants schools and colleges to be allowed more flexibility in the programmes they run. He also believes government should do more to support lifelong learning.

As part of a small business, Guy sees at first hand how some government red-tape acts to stifle our small business sector. Guy also believes strongly that the UK has a duty to support the less developed economies, especially by reducing the barriers to international trade.

Away from politics, Guy enjoys playing and watching sport, especially hockey and cricket. He is a qualified hockey umpire.

Guy says:

"I'm delighted to have been selected as the parliamentary spokesman for Canterbury and Whitstable and to be able to build on the foundations laid by Jenny Barnard-Langston and members of the local party. I'm under no illusions that to win at Westminster will take a lot of hard work but there is no reason why we cannot win.

"Canterbury has many similarities with seats where we have MPs like Bath, Oxford West and Abingdon. The recent successes in Bromley and Sturry South show what we can do and I want to work with all of you to make the Lib Dems the first placed party in Canterbury."