A UKIP supporter at the last election, Glen Gogerly only became a member of the party in July last year - and now he is the general election candidate for Stroud.

It was the vote to leave the EU which drove him to join Ukip and help in any way he could to make sure Brexit actually happens.

“Ukip is the only party who could deliver a true Brexit, we need to make sure we come out of the single market and that we don’t pay any money to the EU as a leaving present,” he said.

“If the Conservatives do get in, Ukip MPs will be needed in the House of Commons so we can keep Theresa May’s feet to the fire.  

We can say she’s backsliding on this and that we don’t want that, the people voted to leave.”

On why he would be a better voice in parliament than the Conservatives, he said: “Neil Carmichael is an avid Remain supporter, we knew that because he campaigned for Remain.

“Even though he may reluctantly vote with the Government, can we trust him and Theresa May, who also voted Remain, to deliver the Brexit that we all voted for? I don’t think they can.”

Glen said that leaving the EU will mean reclaiming  our sovereignty.   

“We’ll be able to make our own laws, we won’t be under the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice.

“The £9billion net that we pay to the EU we will be able to spend in our own country – we can invest that into different services.”

He wanted to clarify his position on the infamous Vote Leave bus slogan that promised £350 million a week for the NHS, saying: “Can I just put on the record, that when I was campaigning to leave, people were saying about the £350 million a week on the side of the bus, me and my team actually campaigned more about what would happen from the results from the Five Presidents’ Report which is a road map from now to 2025 on how the EU plans to converge even more.

"I still say it now that that £350 million a week, yes we could spend some of it on the NHS, but that money can be spent in other areas as well.”

He went on to discuss immigration, saying: “We need to give the young an opportunity in this country to be able to get the jobs that we’ve got available in this country.”

But as to whether he thinks there’s a problem with immigration in Stroud he said: “Maybe not so much in Stroud, in the surrounding areas I’ve worked in, Gloucester and in Cirencester, there is an influx of EU immigrants, and I believe we should be offering and training up our own young people and let them have the jobs first.

“Then on a needs basis, if we’ve got vacancies around the country, and in Stroud, then we can start saying, okay we need so-many workers and then let those people in.

"We need a more controlled immigration system, more than just a free-for-all.”

Glen has a lot of confidence in new Ukip leader Paul Nuttall.

“Nigel (Farage) did a fantastic job as leader, and he was pivotal in securing Brexit but I think Paul has a good character and has great leadership qualities,” he said.

His main priority if elected would be to bring social care and the NHS together - his wife works in social care and this has inspired his commitment to the cause. 

“As a party we would invest another £1.4billion a year into social care and another £6billion into the NHS, so if I’m elected I would make sure we get that money and are able to spend some of it in Stroud.”