Tamworth MP Kevin Anderson said he'd worked very hard for Gunnedah and delivered on key issues such as a new police station, the sealing of Grain Valley Road and the railway overpass.

"We've got a strong plan for the future as well, like committing $53 million to Gunnedah hospital," Mr Anderson said.

"We've got a strong record of delivery. If we say we're going to do something, we do it."

Shooters, Fishers and Farmers candidate Jeff Bacon urged voters to look at his campaign, which had "resulted in $72 million worth of commitments from the current MP".

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"If elected, I will honour the $53 million commitment to the Gunnedah hospital redevelopment and see that come to fruition," Mr Bacon said.

"I will be an MP that will represent the entire electorate, and not just concentrate my efforts in the one place.

"If you are not happy with your current representation, do not condone it by voting for the Nationals."

Independent candidate Mark Rodda said historically, the electorate had shown it was open to having an independent rather than MP in opposition.

"Gunnedah residents should be mindful that the incumbent MP made a lot of election promises, not all of them have been funded by the Treasury," Cr Rodda said.

"They would want to think very carefully about who is going to comprise the government after the election.

"It may be a minority hung parliament, and under those circumstances would they be better to have a member on the crossbench to progress those plans, rather than a potential backbencher.

"I've always been a community focused councillor on Tamworth Regional Council, and if elected, I would always be a community focused independent for the electorate."

Labor's Stephen Mears said he would be taking the $53 million hospital commitment to the party, should it win the election.

"We will build what we say we'll build, and we won't leave it until the end of the term like many others do," Mr Mears said.

"Every regional town is important, which is why we're going to put on mandatory nurse-to-patient ratios for all regionally hospitals.

"We're also dead against the Shenhua mine. That's always going to be a 50-50 argument, but someone has got to take the line, and we won't go ahead with Shenhua at all."

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