{"id":2316,"date":"2018-04-23T14:37:19","date_gmt":"2018-04-23T13:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/2018\/04\/23\/final-year-man-met-student-standing-election-labour-councillor-stalybridge\/"},"modified":"2018-04-23T14:37:19","modified_gmt":"2018-04-23T13:37:19","slug":"final-year-man-met-student-standing-election-labour-councillor-stalybridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/final-year-man-met-student-standing-election-labour-councillor-stalybridge\/","title":{"rendered":"Final year Man Met student standing for election as Labour councillor in Stalybridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"image media-wysiwyg-align-right file-default media-element\" style=\"float:right\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sam Gosling, Labour, Labour Candidate, elections, Local elections, Stalybridge, Stalybridge North, Tameside\" data-delta=\"1\" data-fid=\"2729\" data-media-element=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/sites\/default\/files\/img_0264.jpg\" width=\"265\" height=\"353\"><figcaption>Stalybridge North Labour candidate Sam Gosling<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Just three years ago Man Met&nbsp;student Sam Gosling would not leave the house because of&nbsp;panic attacks and anxiety. Next week he is hoping to be elected as a Labour&nbsp;councillor in Stalybridge and spends most nights out canvassing.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sam joined the Labour Party as a member in 2015 in the&nbsp;wake of the general election win by the Conservatives and after a chance meeting with the wife of Stalybridge Labour MP, Jonathan Reynolds.<\/p>\n<p>He met her&nbsp;at his son\u2019s school and was urged by her&nbsp;to get involved in local party politics.<\/p>\n<p>Sam said: \u201cAt that time I was quite a mess to be honest. In 2015 I had crippling anxiety and panic attacks &#8211;&nbsp;I barely left the house.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My son in 2010, at three months old, had a cardiac arrest and was in hospital for six months with kidney problems, so that by the time he came out my anxiety levels had gone through the roof and I was having panic attacks.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After being encouraged by my local MP and his wife to come out with them and get more involved, a lot changed for me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you\u2019d have told me at that time that I\u2019d be knocking on strangers\u2019 doors and canvassing, I would have said not a chance, but doing that gave me confidence. It saved me to do what I\u2019m doing today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With two children under the age of 10 (Xavier, eight, and Sebastian, four), life with his partner&nbsp;Francesca&nbsp;is hectic. Juggling his private life with an undergraduate politics degree at Man Met, and&nbsp;running as the Labour candidate for Tameside\u2019s Stalybridge North ward is no easy task.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image file-default media-element\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sam Gosling, Labour, Labour Candidate, elections, Local elections, Stalybridge, Stalybridge North, Tameside, Jeremy Corbyn\" data-delta=\"2\" data-fid=\"2730\" data-media-element=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/sites\/default\/files\/img_0101.jpg\" title=\"\" width=\"567\" height=\"567\"><figcaption>Jeremy Corbyn and Sam Gosling<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot has happened since.&nbsp;I\u2019ve been selected for this seat for over a year now and other than this election, we\u2019ve had a couple of by-elections in Droylsden, and the general election,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s been a case of going out every night and canvassing. It\u2019s not just about when there\u2019s an election, canvassing is all year round. I just want people to get involved in politics and vote, that\u2019s it. It affects all of our futures.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image file-default media-element\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sam Gosling, Labour, Labour Candidate, elections, Local elections, Stalybridge, Stalybridge North, Tameside, Andy Burnham\" data-delta=\"3\" data-fid=\"2731\" data-media-element=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/sites\/default\/files\/received_1267311840035272.jpg\" width=\"691\" height=\"518\"><figcaption>Sam Gosling with Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reason why I want to become a councillor is to be somebody that residents can call and talk to.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I want to be somebody that can represent them. I want to be a medium between the council and the residents. If you vote Labour or not, that makes no difference to me.&nbsp;I just want to be able to be able to sort out residents\u2019 local issues.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>There was a woman the other day, who said she\u2019d never ever vote Labour, and she had an issue with street lamps. So I phoned the relevant people and got it sorted for her. Of course, I want to be voted for, but it\u2019s not just about that. I want to be somebody people can turn to for help<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Speaking on what people think of what he\u2019s been doing, Sam said: \u201cEveryone\u2019s remarks have been about how great my campaigning is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy friend asked me the other day, &#8216;should we book a table for a curry on the night of the election results?&#8217;.&nbsp;I said, &#8216;of course, but if I lose you won\u2019t see me for months&#8217;. I\u2019m not going out into the centre of Stalybridge if I lost.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On&nbsp;the day of our interview, he tells me he has two more canvassing sessions, plus a football match to go to for his beloved local team, Stalybridge Celtic FC.&nbsp;I send him off on his merry way, unable to keep him any longer from his busy schedule.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stalybridge North Labour candidate Sam Gosling Just three years ago Man Met&nbsp;student Sam Gosling would not leave the house because of&nbsp;panic attacks and anxiety. 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