Reform UK candidate Gary Hood Marsden and Southfield

08/05/2026

I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who voted for me to represent them in the Marsden and Southfield Ward. To get your support was extremely humbling. The independent candidate had an exceptionally efficient group of supporters to help him get over the line. Unfortunately many people told me they remain too disillusioned to vote and that is what is costing you the change you want. I know I did not make it to every door but believe me I and my small team delivered leaflets to over 2000 homes and knocked on hundreds and Hundreds of doors we were out day after day. Week after week. If you want to help in the next set of elections please look up Pendle and Clithroe Reform # you will be warmly welcomed please come forward to change the course of politics locally and regionally.

04/05/2026

We were out again today canvassing. At least 40% of residents we spoke to pledged to support ReformUK on Thursday 7th May and many said they were thinking about it. So as Bob Dylan once said "The times they are a changing". We will keep going until polling day

02/05/2026

Out again in Pendle this morning. It is concerning how many people say they do not vote. It is only by voting that we can make a change for the better. There were still a lot of very positive comments for ReformUK on the doors though.

01/05/2026

It's been a busy week canvassing in Nelson, Barrowford and Colne. Tomorrow we are out again. Less than a week to the election.

29/04/2026

Out canvassing this evening with Mick Waddington and Vanessa Robinson in the Marsdenhall Road area of Nelson. The response was very positive and we met some lovely and enthusiastic residents.

28/04/2026

Getting out in Pendle trying to make a difference for my Grandsons generation

18/04/2026

Out this morning delivering letters to postal voters supporting Reform candidate Vanessa Robinson in Barrowford and Pendleside with Glenn Whittaker Reform Candidate for Earby and Coats. Working as a team from the outset so that we can hit the ground running if we are elected on the 7th May

16/04/2026

15/04/2026

I just wanted to give everyone an update date on my background and how the campaign is going.

I lived in the Marsden area for 25 years and my children and grandchildren all attended the local schools. My Great Grandson is currently in reception at Castercliffe Academy.

I worked for Pendle Borough Council for 11 years before helping to set up Pendle Leisure Trust in 2000. I Managed a range of facilities including the Municipal Hall, Silverman Hall (and Marsden Park Golf course for a brief period.) On leaving Pendle Leisure Trust I remained living on Pinewood Drive in Nelson and commuted to senior jobs in Rossendale and Humberside. I spent 14 years working at an executive level in the charity sector working with senior politicians, community business leaders, NHS Trust executives. Senior Emergency Servises Officers and Government Agencies. I chaired several proffessional sports club foundations and worked closely with senior national politicians sitting on a range of development panels and boards

I spent a professional lifetime working with communities of all kinds, overcoming challenges and developing relationships. I understand how local democracy works and how the different levels interact. I understand the finances and the frustrations. I understand the passion and the sence of pride when a community achieves the change it desires. Pendle is my home and I have many members of my family who live in the Marsden and Southfield area. I would be honoured to be elected as the Reform UK representative for the Marsden and Southfield ward on May 7th. But I also understand that if I am elected, that is when the hard work really begins.