THE Carlisle Liberal Democrat candidate has said he wants to 'stick to policy' after a video was shared on the right-wing political blog Guido Fawkes of a man placing a political leaflet in the porch of a Carlisle resident.

The man shown in the video is purportedly campaigning for Carlisle Liberal Democrat candidate, Brian Wernham, for the upcoming General Election.

In the video, the man is told not to put the leaflet through the door of the house, he then opens the door and places the leaflet on the mat before leaving.

The interaction is recorded on the resident's 'Ring' doorbell camera.

Carlisle Liberal Democrat Brian Wernham said: “The letterbox in question was deliberately glued shut and the porch left unlocked with a video doorbell placed so as to catch volunteers from other political parties putting leaflets inside the porch.

“The resident has since admitted that they complained to the Police who said that it is perfectly legal for a volunteer to put political leaflets inside open or unlocked porches.

“I prefer to stick to talking about policies, not trying to catch out volunteers of other parties trying to do their best to inform voters of serious campaigning issues on leaflets.”