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Since Mark's selection in July 2007 he has been working for local people on numerous local issues. These include leading the fight to stop the closure of Trafford General's maternity unit, lobbying Labour MPs to not vote for Post Office closures, campaigning for a fairer grant from this Government to Trafford Council, campaigning against over-development and central Government interference, and fighting Labour's introduction of congestion charging.

If you elect Mark as your MP he will fight for the interests of local people. Voting Conservative will also:

~ Stop hospital closures

~ Give back teachers control of their classrooms

~ See teenagers in a national citizen service

~ Increase prison places and stop Labour's early release scheme

~ Put an annual limit on immigration and improve racial integration

~ Cut Inheritance Tax and cut Stamp Duty

THE DIFFERENCE

On Immigration
Britain has benefited immeasurably from immigration. But we do have to recognise the pressures that are placed on public services if immigration is unlimited. We'll bring in a proper border police force and we'll scrap ID cards.

On the NHS
We'll scrap top-down targets and trust the professionals in the NHS, replacing targets with measurable outcomes. We've got to make the NHS and doctors answerable to the patients, not the politicians.

On the Police
We'll make police responsible to localy elected Mayors rather than the Home Office.

On Family
Britain has the worst rate of family breakdown in Europe. Two million people live apart because the benefit system pays out more than if they were living together. One in four children are brought up with an absent father and children from broken homes have a 70 per cent greater chance of failure at school. We will remove the bias in the tax system against two-parent families where only one adult works. No other European country penalises families in this way. That is why we have pledged to re-introduce a recognition of marriage into the tax system and to raise tax credits for two-parents families.

On Unemployment
Our policy is simple. If you are offered a job and it is a fair job that you can do and you refuse it, you shouldn't receive welfare. There are over one million young people not in work, training or education, much higher than ten years ago.

On Pensions
We'll set-up a liefboat fund to help the victims of Gordon Brown's pensions crisis. There are 125,000 people in Britain who have little or nothing from their pensions and have no income.

On Schools
- Schools should use tried and tested methods, not experimental teaching. Schools should introduce proper discipline.
- We'll give headteachers complete command of their schools. If a headteacher wants to exclude a pupil because their behaviour is wrecking the education of others, they should be able to do so. The appeals panels have got to go.
- We'll allow churches, voluntary organisations and private companies to set up state schools.

On the EU Treaty
It is one of the most blatant breaches of trust in modern politics. Labour's 2005 manifesto promised a referendum on the treaty, 95% of which still exists in the revised document.

On the Environment
Climate change is a clear and present danger to this county. How will we be able to convince China to act unless we act here at home. We are the party of sensible green leadership."

There is a clear difference between voting Labour or Conservative... and only voting Conservative will defeat Labour here.

Vote for change... vote for Mark Versallion.

Thank you for visiting my web site. After two and half years as the Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for Stretford and Urmston I have decided to step down. October 2009 press release:

"Much has changed since I was selected. The need to spend more time on my business in London due to the recession means the distance has now become an issue, and I am not able to commit more time in Manchester that I believe a Conservative candidate needs in order to win this seat."

"I am grateful to everyone in the Association who has supported me over these past two and a half years and I look forward to supporting the new candidate in whatever way I can in the future."

Association Chairman, Paul Lally, said "The recession has affected all our lives and we respect Mark's integrity in taking this course of action. We thank Mark for the time and effort that he has have given to Stretford and Urmston over the last two and a half years."

"Over this time we have seen first hand how he has balanced his family, his business, and his local government duties, along with his time spent with us in our community. If he were to stand again elsewhere in the future as a PPC we, as an association, would not hesitate to fully endorse him as a candidate and give him our full support. We wish him all the best for the future."