Green Peer joins Hythe by-election campaign
Green peer Jenny Jones joined local party supporters campaigning this weekend ahead of Thursday’s Hythe West by-election as hopes rise that Jenni Hawkins could be on course to win the…
Tories re-select ‘superb MP’ for Dover and Deal in General Election
Chairman of Dover and Deal Conservative Association, Keith Single congratulates Natalie Elphicke Dover and Deal Conservative Association has announced their unanimous selection of Natalie Elphicke to stand as the prospective…
Shepway Greens name candidate for KCC by-election for West Hythe
Jenni Hawkins Photo: Green Party Shepway Green Party has announced local town councillor Jenni Hawkins as its candidate for Kent County Council in the 2 March Hythe West by-election after…
Have your say on proposed new parliamentary constituency boundaries for Ashford and Folkestone
Changes to Ashford parliamentary constituency are proposed and you have just 6 weeks to have your say by letter, email or in person at an Ashford hearing. The Boundary Commission…
‘Oui ou non pour Macron?’ Ashford hosts French Presidential election polling station
Ashford is hosting a polling station for 2022 French Presidential and Legislative elections. The Consulate General of France in London has announced that Ashford will be the site of a…
Greens slash Tory majority for KCC Elham Valley seat and win Hythe East on town council
Susan Carey has been re-elected to Kent County Council representing the Elham Valley division which includes the town of Hawkinge but with a majority cut from 2100 in 2017 to…
Hawkinge set to move to Ashford
The Churchill School in Hawkinge The first proposed draft boundaries for Folkestone and Hythe constituency are the current Folkestone and Hythe District Council boundary less Elham Valley and Hawkinge. Folkestone…
End of an era as Dungeness B nuclear power station ceases electricity generation
Constituency matters… a weekly column by the Member of Parliament for Folkestone and Hythe, Damian Collins 9 June 2021. Dungeness B nuclear power station This week EDF energy has announced…
Matt wins election for Kent’s Police and Crime Commissioner
Conservative candidate, Matthew Scott has held onto the position of Police and Crime Commissioner for Kent. He beat Labour’s Lola Oyewusi and the Liberal Democrat’s Graham Colley, with 56% of…
‘So yeah, I’m gutted’ as Love wins the day in Sandgate
After failing to take a seat on Kent County Council by just 21 votes from Tory hopeful, Rory Love, at Thursday’s election, Tim Prater, the Liberal Democrat candidate admitted: “So…