Why I am standing down at the next election Thursday, 18 April, 2024 It is remarkable how nice people are to you when you declare that you are off! For those constituents who have not yet heard I announced at the East Worthing & Shoreham Conservative Association AGHM last Friday that after long deliberation I had decided not to stand again as their candidate at the next General Election. By the time of that election I will have served for more than 27 years as the... Local News
Canadian Memorial Service - August 2023 8th September 2023 I recently attended the Canadian Memorial on Worthing seafront for a moving service to commemorate the 1000 Canadian soldiers who lost their lives in the Dieppe... Local News
Herald Column September 7th 2023 7th September 2023 MPs inevitably need a tough skin. Criticism is part of the territory and praise comes as a pleasant, albeit rare, surprise. Last week I received a lovely letter... Local News
Herald Column August 31st 2023 31st August 2023 My constituent Dinkie Flowers, now 103 and a quarter, was in typically irrepressible form when she turned up at the Fishersgate Gateway Hub to present a cheque... Local News
Tackling Crime in East Worthing and Adur 24th August 2023 Sadly we’ve had instances of shoplifting and antisocial behaviour in our town centres, and recently there was that very unfortunate assault inside the Co-op in... Local News
Herald Column August 24th 2023 24th August 2023 It’s always a bit embarrassing presenting a trophy to yourself and it rarely happens but at the 103rd Southwick Horticultural Society Annual Summer Show it... Local News
Herald Column August 17th 2023 17th August 2023 I held a very lively roundtable about the spate of shoplifting centred on the Lancing and Shoreham COOP branches involving store managers, police, councillors... Local News
Parking Issues in Shoreham 11th August 2023 There is a new consultation on a residents' parking zone for Shoreham. Many people have been asking for this consultation for some time because of the problems... Local News
Update on the Proposed Closure of Railway Ticket Offices - August 14th 2023 10th August 2023 As I said recently in Parliament, I think the plans from the rail operating companies to close most of the ticket offices at stations in England are nuts. The... Local News
Herald Column August 10th 2023 10th August 2023 The incompetence of West Sussex Education Department and their failure to get their sums right on the demand for secondary school places in Adur has been... Local News