Alex Simpson, aged 25, is the Australian Labor Party's representative in the electorate of Lyne held by the incumbent National's member, Dr David Gillespie.

Growing up as the oldest of two brothers raised by a single mother, Mr Simpson's mother serves as an inspiration for Mr Simpson's political career.

"She worked hard. I don't think she ever stops working," he said.

"She is just very good and never complains, never had any frustrations.

"She's been a big inspiration for me and it's that generosity that she gave me I want to give back."

Mr Simpson grew up and lives in Bolwarra Heights.

It is one of the few suburbs of the Maitland local government area that is included in the 16,000 square-metre federal division of Lyne which takes in the Great Lakes, Dungog, Gloucester, Taree and Port Macquarie-Hastings.

One key issue that Mr Simpson hopes to shine a light on during his election campaign is how Lyne and the Hunter Valley is going to transition to a more renewable and sustainable economy.

The Hunter Valley is known as the coal mining capital of NSW, meaning that a number of jobs are potentially at risk and this has become a major issue for all parties.

One answer that Mr Simpson supports is reinforcing the TAFE system throughout Lyne, already the Labor party has made 465,000 TAFE positions in areas of skill shortage free.

Specific to Dungog, Mr Simpson believes that the shire has the potential to be home to many more energy projects, bringing jobs in manufacturing and education.

"It's just a matter of the market is moving and we need to move with it," he said.

"So one way we're looking to do that is to make sure we have a strong TAFE system".

However, Mr Simpson sees the biggest issue facing Lyne as being a lack of healthcare in regional areas.

Although a lot of issues regarding health fall under the State government's responsibilities, there are still things that Mr Simpson wants to see done at a federal level to address the issues.

"Notably, aged care is very important to health," he said.

"So if you have a working aged care sector where people can be given care, suddenly that makes it much easier to balance out the distribution across the care sector."

According to Mr Simpson, the Labor party is looking for a more fruitful future in the regions, especially Dungog.

"We're looking to deliver in all the areas that this region needs and Labor can deliver," he said.

Mr Simpson has a Bachelor of Science in chemistry and physics and has worked as a research assistant developing energy storage technology.

The election is set to take place on Saturday, May 21.

Other declared candidates running in Lyne for the federal election includes the National incumbent Dr David Gillespie, United Australian Party's Joel Putland, Mark Hornshaw with the Liberal Democrats, Josephine Cashman with One Nation and Karl Attenborough from The Greens.

The Nationals recorded majorities at 77 of the 81 polling places across the division at the 2019 election, Dr Gillespie won the seat with 49.4 per cent of the vote.

For more information on the election visit www.aec.gov.au.