[Gayle]

When I was going through the selection process to be a candidate in the local elections I was asked if I understood the Whip process. I had to be honest and say that I didn't have a clue what the chap was talking about. So it was explained to me. Then I was asked what I would do if my views conflicted with the views of the Whip. I told them that I would not go against the party, neither would I go against my own views so therefore I would abstain from a vote and find some other route to achieve my objectives that did not conflict with the party line.

Although this is hypothetical in some way because I never got elected therefore it never got tested I was still accepted as a candidate and therefore one can only assume that my answer was satisfactory.