Since the 1970s, the voters of Watford have been decisive in determining who governs Britain. This time is no different. If the people of Watford vote Conservative and elect me as their next MP, they will be helping David Cameron form a strong Conservative government that will protect people from Labour’s Job Tax and start cutting the deficit to get the ecomony moving again.

Voting for anyone else will risk a hung Parliament. This is something we cannot afford to experiment with in these difficult financial times.

A vote for a hung parliament is a vote for politics behind closed doors, indecision and weak government, a paralysed economy and yet another election, and very possibly waking up on 7th May to find out that Gordon Brown is still in Downing Street.

• If no party has a majority, the decision about who takes power will be taken by politicians making deals behind closed doors, instead of by the people.
• It could mean months of uncertainty and indecision – at a time when we need strong leadership to get the country back on its feet.
• Experts say a hung parliament could lead to a run on the pound, falling house prices and a prolonging of Britain’s economic problems.
• It would almost certainly lead to another election, delaying the change Britain needs.

A hung parliament would represent a change for the worse, not a change for the better. Only a Conservative majority guarantees real change, and only a Conservative majority can secure the recovery.

That’s why so many people are telling me that regardless of how they’ve voted in the past, they are planning to vote  Conservative for the sake of the Country.