Labour's Emma Whysall is keen to see the “stress and strain on our NHS” and education lifted, more affordable housing and a Chipping Barnet MP who will represent the constituency’s views on Brexit.

Ms Whysall, who has lived in Muswell Hill for most of her life, says she is shocked by the number of people “forced out of this part of London” by high housing prices.

She said: “You don’t expect people in their mid-30s with good jobs to still be struggling to get on the housing market.”

Ms Whysall believes, while development is good, more needs to be done so “all strands of government are working together” with developers to ensure housing is “Boris Johnson affordable”, meaning many still cannot afford to buy.

In education, Ms Whysall is worried that councils are not able to build schools where they want due to national policy on free schools, saying the council “can’t plan ahead”.

She said: “We can see from the past seven years that education has not necessarily been the priority of this government because it’s been about free schools and deprofessionalising education.

Ms Whysall also believes it is “the most sacred obligation” for an MP to stand up for the voiceless, with children at the heart of that role.

Following the Referendum, Ms Whysall said a hard Brexit will “draw a line in the sand” and a constituency’s views must be well represented by their MP.

She said: “None of what parties want to do in their manifesto will be possible if the deal is bad because we know it will be damaging to our economy.”

For her, the best deal is one of compromise and one which stands up against Labour’s “six tests”, as there cannot be a “one-size-fits-all Brexit.”

Ms Whysall said she will stand up to her own party if necessary to ensure she adequately represents the constituency, but also believes part of her role is to be a “peace-maker” with residents, the council and other governing bodies.

With a professional background as a solicitor, she said: “My whole working life is about representing people, I spend all day arguing for people in court so that’s a huge part of who I am and what I do.”