Manish Puri

I am a resident and active member of the Boldmere community. I have worked with Councillor Rob Pocock and Ken Rushton from the earliest days towards bringing about a Sutton Coldfield Town Council from collecting signatures for the petition to campaigning for a ‘Yes’ vote. I believe a broadly representative, collegiate, consultative Town Council is what Sutton Coldfield needs to maximise our civic potential.

My children go to a local school where I have served as School Governor; I am active in the Boldmere and Vesey North Neighbourhood Forums and Boldmere Futures Partnership and am one of the founder members of the Friends of King George V Playing Fields. I support the local campaign to fight any downgrading of our Good Hope Hospital.

I have been a active campaigner in Vesey for a number of years and will continue to do so regardless of the result on the 5th May. I believe public office is a means, but not the only one, to serve one’s local community so win or lose I will still be available to help, out and about in Vesey – the butchers, the barbers, the chippy, the school gate or running off a Balti in the streets around my home as well as at the regular street surgeries with Rob on Boldmere Road.

All year round not just election time.