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
Brighton Main Line Improvement Project: Planned closures in October 2018 and February 2019 10th January 2018 Network Rail has announced details of a major project to improve reliability and performance for passengers on the Brighton Main Line. This programme of work... Local News
World-leading microbeads ban takes effect 9th January 2018 A ban on the manufacture of products containing microbeads has come into force today – a landmark step in the introduction of one of the world’s toughest bans... Westminster News
Herald column December 21st 2017 21st December 2017 It is not often that you get to play both two great Parliamentarians William Wilberforce and William Pitt the Younger at the same time and in the House of... Articles
Lizzie Williams - Tokyo 2020 19th December 2017 I was recently approach on Twitter by Lizzie Williams, she is a 22 years old, born and bred Worthing girl, who was born with a bone disability called... Local News
Twitter - Hate Speech - Home Affairs Select Committee 19th December 2017 During a session of Home Affairs Selection Committee, as part of our enquiry into hate crime, I questioned Twitter's Sinead McSweeney about the #KillaTory trend... Speeches in Parliament
Brexit Update: Refugees and Amendment 7 18th December 2017 There was big furore last week following the vote on amendment 7, put down my colleague, Dominic Grieve, where the Government lost by four votes. I have lots of... Westminster News
Lancing Christmas Market 17th December 2017 Very enjoyable festive street surgery in Lancing yesterday - a big well done to Sompting Councillor Paul Mansfield, who spent the Lancing Christmas market... Local News
Santa vists TS Vanguard 16th December 2017 It is always uplifting event to attend the TS Vanguard Christmas awards evening in Worthing and this year Santa paid a visit to the ceremony after an impressive... Local News
Tim Loughton MP Joins the Pact To Never Drink and Drive 14th December 2017 Today Tim Loughton Member of Parliament for East Worthing and Shoreham joined with Mika Häkkinen, former McLaren F1 driver and Johnnie Walker’s Global... Westminster News