The Crewe and Nantwich Conservative candidate Edward Timpson favoured bingo over politics. The Edward took his mum and his political team on a rare break from the busy campaign to the local Mecca Bingo last Friday.

Mr Timpson has been a member of the club for a few years and enjoys the odd game of bingo but many of his visits to the club have been in relation to work rather than for pleasure. While the Conservative policy in relation to a refume of the bingo tax laws is uncertain, the Crewe Candidate has been campaigning in support of the bingo industry. He has also been lobbying the government over the last year to get the bingo tax rate reduced back to 15 per cent, following the Labour decision to increase it initially to 22 per cent and finally agreeing to it remaining at 20 per cent.

Advocates for change want the same level of tax for the whole of the gaming industry at 15 per cent. In theory given the popularity of online bingo and that pays no UK bingo tax the Governmnet should not be any worse off.

Speaking afterwards Mr Timpson said: “I’ve enjoyed another fun evening here today, and bumped into many people I know, some of whom I have helped in my surgeries!

“Everybody I’ve spoken to can see the tax is unfair to the industry and effectively discriminates against women and older people.”

Conservative leader, David Cameron, has not made the party plans clear in this matter and as per the experience with Labour, if the Conservatives were to win, the likes of Mr Timpson, may be pressured into supporting the party rather than bingo. After extensive lengths of lobbying the Government last year and gaining the backing of over 100 MP's, the industry felt that it was let down as Labour MP's backed out of their agreed positions.