Letter to Local Election candidates re ID cards

In April I wrote to all 10 candidates in the William Morris ward of Waltham Forest council to ask about their attitudes to the government's ID cards legislation, as follows:

Dear candidate,

I am writing to you as an election candidate in the William Morris ward of Waltham Forest Council. I am a resident in the ward and I would like to ask you a question to help me to decide how to vote in the May local elections. Although there are important local issues at stake I will probably be voting with regard mainly to national issues.

Accordingly, I would like to ask you if you could tell me your attitude to the recently passed ID Cards Bill. Are you in favour or against this measure? Which way would you vote if the question arose - for example on a Council resolution against this measure? For example, Cambridge City Council passed the following motion in February 2005:

This Council notes that the Home Secretary is currently attempting to push an ID Cards Bill through Parliament. This Bill will have an effect upon all of the people of Cambridge. This Council believes:
1) That the disadvantages of such a scheme will outweigh any likely benefits to the people of
Cambridge.
2) That the scheme will do little, if anything, to prevent terrorism, crime or fraud.
3) That the national database that underpins the identity card scheme may facilitate criminal
fraud, terrorism and potential state abuses of human rights.
4) That the ID card and database proposals are likely to fundamentally alter the relationship
between the state and the individual. According to Government estimates, the cost of such a
scheme could reach 5.5 billion, with independent commentators predicting substantially
higher costs. Cambridge residents will be required to pay an estimated 35 for a stand-alone
ID card or 85 for a passport and ID card together.
This Council resolves to:
1) affiliate to the 'No2ID' campaign, which already includes MPs and several political parties
2) make representations at every possible stage, reiterating this Council's opposition to ID
cards
3) take no part in any pilot scheme or feasibility work in relation to the introduction of the
national identity cards
4) make it a policy of the council to ensure that national identity cards would not be required
to access council services or benefits unless specifically required to do so by law
5) only co-operate with the national identity card scheme where to do otherwise would be
unlawful
6) instruct the Chief Executive to write to the Home Secretary expressing these views and
asking him to reconsider his decision to push forward this legislation.

Would you support or oppose such a motion in Waltham Forest?
I would appreciate it if you would be willing to answer these questions for me, and if possible, to reply by e-mail. My contact details follow.

Thank you for your time.

Yours sincerely,

Grouchy.