Thomas Burridge - youngest candidate ever to stand for Parliament

The date for the Norwich North by-election, triggered by the resignation of Labour MP Ian Gibson, is being reported to have been set for 23 July.

The writ for the election will be moved on Tuesday, with the poll set to be held two days after Parliament breaks up for its summer recess on 21 July.

The seat will be a target for the Tories and should be a pointer to how Labour may fare in key constituencies in the south of England at the next general election.

The Libertarian Party will be fielding a candidate, Thomas Burridge, who at 18 will be the youngest candidate ever to stand for Parliament.

Brown and Cameron and Clegg have all given their support to the involvement of younger people in the parliamentary system, now lets see what the voters think.

Thomas agrees and has this to say:


Most sensible people will be saying what the hell does he know about anything. Well this is what I do know, the last twelve years of Labour has left my generation in massive debt, my generation will be paying off the excesses of the last twelve years for the rest of our lives, not only my generation, but our as yet unborn children.

Did we have any say in spending the rest of our lives in debt ? No we did not.

I am from the Debt Generation, and only LPUK has fresh answers from a new Generation.


At 18 Thomas is very mature despite his very youthful looks, so dont be fooled, and dont be put off by the already mounting voices who are saying that he cannot know anything at 18.

Thomas recognises the debts, knows where the faults lie, and has answers and policies that can make a real difference to the way in which we are governed.
The Libertarian Party