All six of the Prospective Parliamentary Candidates attended the two hour question event which saw a packed crowd of over 200 people in the Methodist Church on Rose Street.

The candidates were asked questions on topics ranging from the defect to the future of the NHS and child poverty in the borough.

The candidates were each given three minutes to introduce themselves and outline their policies before the grilling began. You can watch the full hustings below or read on for potted highlights.

Andy Croy, Labour Mr Croy said he could not stand in-front of the crowd and tell people that there would be magical solutions. He said that Labour wanted to create a National Health Service that didn’t turn a profit for private companies, with money generated being paid back into the service.

He said: “The chairman of the NHS said that it would need £8m of additional funding. All the other parties have committed to that. We have committed to what would be afordable.” Labour have committed to £2.5m although if more money became available they would invest it.

Phil Cunnington, Ukip Mr Cunnington said he had spent 15 years working with the NHS and had chosen Wokingham as the favourite location to bring his family up.

He said one of the priorities for Ukip would be placing more effective controls in immigration. He said this would allow the government to choose who is in the country and allow them to prioritise where precious resources including benefits and housing would be targeted.

He said: “It’s very difficult to say what is the biggest issue facing Wokingham but I think a lot of them are joined together. We need to plan better, we need to be stronger with developers.” Clive Jones, Liberal Democrats Mr Jones said the last five years of coalition had been a success and some of the liberal democrats’ key policies, He said changing income tax thresholds have saved 51,000 people in Wokingham over £800 a year and changes to the state pension had been similarly successful.

He said: “People need a home and a place to live in. We will bring in a policy where you can rent a property that’s owned by the government and what you pay in rent goes towards you owning that property.” Kazek Lokuciewski, Independent Mr Lokuciewski is campaigning on the back of a policy of parliamentary recall. He has not publicly decided on his policies but is inviting the electorate to his policy selection meeting at Shinfield Parish hall at 7.30pm on Thursday. He will there be signing his name to policies he would pledge to support.

He said: “Each child is born with with £21,000 of debt to support. It will take them three years of labour to pay the debt they are born with. We need to find a way to take from the rich in a fair way.” John Redwood, Conservative Mr Redwood, echoed his party’s support for an English solution, which would go towards solving the issue of Scottish MPs voting on English laws that wouldn’t effect them. Sporting a red tie and white shirt, which he assured was for the union flag rather than turning towards “The socialists.” He said: “The conservatives introduced the Help-to-buy ISA which, when people are saving to buy their first home they will get assistance from the government.” Talking about Eu membership he said exiting the union would not impact the UK’s investment or trade.

Adrian Windisch, Green Mr Windisch said that voting Green was the best protest vote available in Wokingham. He said the most pressing issues in Wokingham was poverty and those that need help in the otherwise wealthy town.

He said: “A growing number of children are living in poverty. We would increase the benefits for parents and the disabled and tax the rich. We would tax the richest 60 per cent of their income. They can afford to lose a litle bit.”