One Week to Go: A Vote for Service, Not Slogans

Our homemade ward map, tracking every street. We ambitiously aimed for 5,000 households—and crossed it early. Quiet, determined work. The foundation of real representation.

It’s the final weekend of the campaign.

We set an ambitious goal: reach 5,000 households across Kingswood Ward. This weekend, we crossed that mark—with six days still to go. No campaign machine. No party operation. Just early mornings, late nights, and a small family team walking street by street, door by door. Quiet, determined work—the kind that real representation is built on.

I’ve also spent this week in my professional role co-chairing my company’s new veterans network, helping prepare for VE Day—an occasion that takes place exactly one week after this election.

That timing feels powerful.

Because what VE Day represents—service, resilience, and communities pulling together—is exactly what I believe a councillor should stand for. Not slogans. Not grandstanding. But real work, real presence, and listening closely to the people you represent.

As a veteran who has served across the world, from Germany to Northern Ireland to Afghanistan—and later worked across government, transport, and public services—I know what it means to show up when it counts.

Giving communities like ours a voice is not new to me. It’s been my life’s work.

This election, you can vote for up to three candidates.

Just one of those votes—for the only independent on the ballot, someone who lives here, works here, and answers only to the people—can make all the difference.

Let’s finish strong.

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Gary Campbell
Independent Candidate for Kingswood Ward