MY WIFE and I have been members of the Conservative party for many years. My wife has played an active part in supporting local MPs wherever we lived in the country, during my military career.

Yet she withdrew her party membership a few months ago. Anne Mcintosh’s performance did not help to retain her loyalty to the party. We both have been disappointed in her performance. We simply do not feel that she represents us and the constituency adequately. We do not rate her and will not vote Conservative in 2015 if she is the sitting member.

In our opinion she has concentrated on furthering her career at Westminster, at the expense of our constituency. We need a strong and active MP in our large and diverse area, for the next election could well be very close. We do not feel that Anne is able to fill this role.

William R Mundell, Sheriff Hutton.