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CHRIS SKIDMORE MP CELEBRATES WORK OF LOCAL CAMPAIGNERS IN SAVING COSSHAM HOSPITAL
Chris Skidmore, new MP for Kingswood, has tabled a motion in Parliament celebrating the work of two local groups - the League of Friends of Cossham Hospital and the Save Cossham Hospital Group - whose efforts resulted in the much-loved local Cossham Hospital being saved from closure...
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28th July 2010
CHRIS SKIDMORE MP ELECTED VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE ST GEORGE’S DAY ALL PARTY GROUP AND PLEDGES TO MAKE ST GEORGE’S DAY IN KINGSWOOD A DAY TO REMEMBER
Local MP for Kingswood, Chris Skidmore, has been elected Vice-Chairman of the All Parliamentary Party Group on St George’s Day...
Read full story 23rd July 2010
CHRIS SKIDMORE MP HIGHLIGHTS PLIGHT OF LOCAL CADBURY’S CLOSURE IN PARLIAMENT
New MP for Kingswood, Chris Skidmore, has spoken in Parliament about the decision to close the local Somerdale plant in Keynsham, near his Constituency...
Read full story 14th July 2010
CHRIS SKIDMORE MP CALLS DEBATE IN PARLIAMENT ON THE FUTURE OF FRENCHAY HOSPITAL
The new MP for Kingswood, Chris Skidmore, has arranged for a debate in Parliament on the future of Frenchay Hospital...
Read full story 12th July 2010
Chris Skidmore MP continues to fight for Kingswood Green Belt and praises work of SOGS
Local Kingswood MP Chris Skidmore has been fighting to protect the Kingswood Green Belt for the use of the local community and has praised the work of the local campaign group – Save Our Green Spaces...
Read full story 2nd July 2010
CHRIS SKIDMORE MP TO RAISE AWARENESS OF DONATING BLOOD
The MP for Kingswood, Chris Skidmore, will be giving blood this Friday 2nd July, 2.30pm at Cadbury Heath Hall to raise awareness of this key life saving service...
Read full story 29th June 2010
CHRIS SKIDMORE MP RAISES ISSUE OF BULLDOZED LOCAL KINGSWOOD POLICE STATION IN PARLIAMENT
The MP for Kingswood, Chris Skidmore, has spoken out in Parliament about the closure of the Kingswood Police Station under the previous government...
Read full story 28th June 2010
CHRIS SKIDMORE MP RAISES THREAT TO KINGSWOOD GREENBELT IN PARLIAMENT
New MP for Kingswood, Chris Skidmore, has raised in Parliament the threat to the Kingswood Green Belt posed by the previous government's Regional Spatial Strategy...
Read full story 24th June 2010
Chris Skidmore MP elected to Health Select Committee
New MP for Kingswood Chris Skidmore has been elected by his fellow MPs to sit on the Health Select Committee in the House of Commons...
Read full story 24th June 2010
New MP Chris Skidmore will open his Constituency Office Friday 25th June
The Constituency Office for Chris Skidmore, MP for Kingswood, will be officially opened on Friday 25th June by Cllr Janet Biggin, Chairman of South Gloucestershire Council. Press and public are welcome to come along...
Read full story 22nd June 2010
Hundreds of local residents attend ‘Come and Meet Chris’ events
Chris Skidmore, MP for Kingswood, has been holding a series of public meetings across the Kingswood constituency inviting local residents to come and meet Chris and ask him anything...
Read full story 22nd June 2010
New MP Chris Skidmore champions local Disabled Charities in Parliament
New MP for Kingswood, Chris Skidmore, has used an appearance in Parliament to champion the work of two key disabled charities in the area, the Vassall Centre in Fishponds and the Disability Action Group in Kingswood...
Read full story 15th June 2010
Chris Skidmore MP launches survey website
Chris Skidmore, MP for Kingswood, has launched a new website so that local residents can let Chris know what they think about the local area...
Read full story 15th June 2010
Chris Skidmore MP makes maiden speech in Parliament
Chris Skidmore, newly elected MP for Kingswood, made his maiden speech in the House of Commons yesterday...
Read full story 11th June 2010
Chris Skidmore MP raises plight of Frenchay Hospital in Parliament
Chris Skidmore, new MP for Kingswood, used his second appearance in the House of Commons to raise the downgrading of Frenchay Hospital in Parliament...
Read full story 9th June 2010
New MP Chris Skidmore tables motion in Parliament to secure Green Belt protection
Chris Skidmore, the new MP for Kingswood, has tabled a motion in Parliament (EDM 168) against the previous government's Regional Spatial Strategies, noting that they “removed Green Belt protection”...
Read full story 9th June 2010
Skidmore MP raises Kingswood unemployment with the Chancellor of the Exchequer
New MP for Kingswood, Chris Skidmore, used his first question in the House of Commons during Treasury Questions to raise the issue of unemployment in Kingswood with the Chancellor of the Exchequer...
Read full story 8th June 2010
CHRIS SKIDMORE MP AIMS TO CONTINUE PREVIOUS MP'S WORK ON DISABLED RIGHTS
The new MP for Kingswood, Chris Skidmore, has become a member of The All Party Parliamentary Group on Disability (APPDG) , formerly co-chaired by his predecessor, the former MP Roger Berry....
Read full story 24th May 2010
Chris Skidmore MP launches 'Come Meet Chris' meetings
Chris Skidmore, the new MP for Kingswood has organised a series of meetings across his constituency so that local people can come and meet their new local MP over a cup of tea or coffee and discuss the issues that matter to them...
Read full story 24th May 2010
Chris Skidmore MP writes to confirm protection of Kingswood Green
New MP for Kingswood, Chris Skidmore, has written to the new Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Eric Pickles, to seek reassurance and confirmation of the timings of the abolition of the previous Labour government's Regional Spatial Strategy...
Read full story 20th May 2010
CHRIS SKIDMORE MP WELCOMES NEWS THAT THE COALITION GOVERNMENT WILL ABOLISH THE REGIONAL SPATIAL STRATEGY AND PROTECT THE GREENBELT
Commenting on the news that the Coalition Government will abolish the previous government’s Regional Spatial Strategy, Chris Skidmore, the new MP for Kingswood said...
Read full story 20th May 2010
Petition launched to save Green Belt
Prospective Conservative MP for Kingswood, Chris Skidmore, with local councillors John Calway and Christine Price have launched a petition to stop inappropriate development on Green Belt Land in Longwell Green...
Read full story 1st April 2010
Chris highlights crime reduction in Cadbury Heath
New figures obtained by Chris Skidmore have revealed that crime in Cadbury Heath has fallen by 25% in the past year- since South Gloucestershire council installed new CCTV cameras in the area...
Read full story 31st March 2010
CONSERVATIVE PARTY CHAIRMAN ERIC PICKLES
VISITS HANHAM HIGH STREET
Chairman of the Conservative Party, Eric Pickles, visited Hanham last week in support of Prospective MP, Chris Skidmore...
Read full story 30th March 2010
Chris Skidmore together with under threat pub
The Lamb raises over £1600 for Help 4 Heroes charity
As a result of a charity fundraising day which included darts, pool and skittles competitions, a tombola and an auction, The Lamb Pub in Cadbury Heath has raised over £1600 for Help 4 Heroes charity...
Read full story 29th March 2010
Chris launches the Barrs Court Residents Association
Your prospective MP Chris Skidmore together with local residents and local councillors Nick Barrett, Tony
Olpin and Christine Price have set up the Barrs Court Residents Association (BCRA) to help make Barrs
Court a better place to live...
Read full story 06 January 2010
Chris launches campaign to save the Lamb Pub!
The Lamb Pub in Cadbury Heath is currently under threat and may be sold off to developers. This may see the only local pub in the area being forced to close its doors for the final time. Your Prospective MP, Chris Skidmore, has launched a campaign to save the pub, and is campaigning to keep it open for the local community...
Read full story 05 January 2010
Chris highlights Labour's failure on social mobility at debate at Bath University
Chris was invited to speak at a debate at Bath University on the subject of Social Mobility, a subject close to Chris' heart...
Read full story 14 November 2009
Chris fundraises for the Royal British Legion for their Poppy Appeal
Chris spent an afternoon at ASDA at Longwell Green, selling poppies on behalf of the Royal British Legion. Chris, who is a proud member of the Legion, helped raise money for the poppy appeal...
Read full story 14 November 2009
Chris visits Hop Skip & Jump Centre
Prospective Conservative MP Chris Skidmore took Shadow Minister for disabilities, Mark Harper MP, to visit the Hop Skip & Jump Centre at Grimsbury Farm, Kingswood...
Read full story 14 November 2009
Chris and Shadow Minister for Disabilities Mark Harper MP visit the Vassall Centre
Prospective MP for Kingswood Chris Skidmore took Mark Harper, the Shadow Minister for Disabilities, to visit the Vassall Centre, one of the country's leading disabled centres, to see the progress that has been made there over the past year...
Read full story 14 November 2009
Chris joins Save Our Green Spaces to hand in hundreds of letters opposing building on Oldland's green belt
At Kingswood Civic Centre, Chris joined the Oldland Common Save Our Green Spaces group to hand in hundreds of local letters of objection to plans to build on local green belt land...
Read full story 30 September 2009
Chris makes formal objection to plans to build on green belt land in Oldland Common
Chris has written to South Gloucestershire Council's planning committee, setting out his objections to the planning application to build on green belt land at Oldland Common...
Read full story 30 September 2009
CHRIS SKIDMORE SETS UP PETITION TO OPPOSE BUILDING 450 HOUSES ON GREENBELT LAND IN OLDLAND COMMON
A planning application based on the Government's Regional Spatial Strategy has been recieved for an extra 450 houses to be built on green belt land on the edge of Oldland Common...
Read full story 17 July 2009
Chris Skidmore helps launch new internet initiative to Get Britain Working in Kingswood
Chris Skidmore, Prospective Conservative MP for Kingswood, is championing a new job search engine developed by Zubed, a UK-based software development company....
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Chris speaks at Conservative Social Action Conference
At a Social Action Conference held in London, Chris spoke about the success of the two local Jobs Clubs that he has set up in Kingswood and Cadbury Heath...
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Chris calls for Bristol Liberal Democrats to drop planned bus cuts
Kingswood campaigners are calling on Liberal Democrat-run Bristol City Council to drop its planned South Gloucestershire bus cuts...
Read full story 28 June 2009
Chris raises money for local charity, Aid Ukraine
Chris recently held a fundraiser in North Common Village Hall which helped raise money for a local charity, Aid Ukraine, which is run by local Warmley residents, Tony and Winifred Fry...
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Chris congratulates local veterans on a fantastic Kingswood Armed Forces Celebration
Chris attended the Veteran's Day parade at Kingswood and the event in Kingswood Park...
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Chris Skidmore: Setting up new local Jobs Club to meet demand
Prospective Conservative MP for Kingswood Chris Skidmore will be setting up a new jobs club in Cadbury Heath, following on from the success...
Read full story 8 May 2009
Kingswood Jobs Club appears on Conservative Spring Conference Video
See the video 8 May 2009
Chris' Survey reveals majority of Hanham residents reject Tescos?
Prospective Conservative MP for Kingswood Chris Skidmore has conducted a major
survey of local Hanham residents over the proposed Tesco supermarket on
the Kleeneze...
Read full story 8 May 2009
YOUR LOCAL BUS SERVICE SAVED
Your local bus, the 632 service, has been saved after a successful campaign by Prospective Conservative MP, Chris Skidmore...
Read full story 17 April 2009
30 MPH SPEED LIMIT SUCCESS FOR SISTON LANE
Thanks to the work of your local Councillor Valerie Lee, South Gloucestershire Council have agreed to set a new speed limit of 30 mph down Siston Lane...
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Chris opens the Cadbury Heath Information Centre
On 2 April 2009, Chris was asked to open the Cadbury Heath Information Centre at the Old Pavillion, Cadbury Heath. Chris is pictured here with local volunteers...
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Chris Skidmore launches Kingswood Jobs Club
Chris Skidmore has launched the Kingswood Jobs Club, which will take place in Kingswood every Wednesday afternoon. Chris, a local resident in the area...
Read full story 24 February 2009
Chris Skidmore: Closing Frenchay Hospital is Madness
Despite planning to impose 33,000 more houses in South Gloucestershire, Labour is continuing with its disastrous plan to downgrade Frenchay Hospital...
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Chris urges MP to vote for more transparent expenses
Chris Skidmore has written to the Kingswood MP, urging him to vote against the government's plans to exempt MPs' expenses from the Freedom of Information Act...
Read full story 21 January 2009
Unemployment in Bristol area rises by more than 2,000 in six months: Chris Skidmore
THE number of people claiming unemployment benefits in the Bristol area rose by more than 2,000 in six months, a campaigner has revealed...
Read full story 12 January 2009
Chris and Shadow Environment Secretary speak to local campaigners in their fight to save local greenbelt
Chris and the Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment, Peter Ainsworth MP, visited Kingswood to speak at a meeting of the Save Our Green Spaces group at Warmley Community Centre, to talk about saving the local greenbelt...
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Chris organises public meeting in Bitton against Labour's housing proposals
Chris organised and spoke at a public meeting in Bitton on 18 October urging local people to have their say on the latest housing consultation...
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Chris attends protest outside the GOSW building on the final day of the consultation for extra homes in South Gloucestershire
Chris attended a mock funeral of the greenbelt with local campaigners from Warmley, Shortwood and Dundry...
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Chris launches campaign to save Warmley Chemist
Local campaigner and prospective MP for Kingswood Chris Skidmore has joined with local councillor Valerie Lee and founder member of the Wurzels Reg Quantrill to help save our local pharmacy in Warmley that is under threat...
Read full story 20 October 2008
Chris raises concerns over mobile phone mast in Willsbridge
Chris has contacted residents in Willsbridge to raise public awareness about a mobile phone mast that is planned in their local area...
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Chris travels to Westminster and Downing Street to lobby MPs to prevent building on Kingswood's green belt
Chris visited Westminster to attend a debate against the South West Regional Spatial Strategy. Along with local Kingswood campaigners Save Our Green Spaces...
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Chris holds public meeting in Oldland against plans to build on green belt
Chris holds public meeting in Oldland against plans to build on green belt...
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Bristol evictions up in mortgage crisis
The number of households facing eviction because they cannot meet their mortgage payments is soaring. In Bristol there were 785 possession orders issued...
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We need more time to study housing plans
Campaigners are calling for the consultation period over plans for major housing development to be extended after a delay in the sending out of documents to local councils...
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Campaign launched against proposed Green Belt housing
A CAMPAIGN opposing plans to build almost 33,000 homes on a Green Belt in South Gloucestershire has been put online...
Read full story 30 July 2008
Chris launches new survey against proposed extra Green Belt housing in response to government's increase in housing numbers
Chris has unveiled his latest campaign in response to the announcement that the Government's Regional Spatial Strategy has increased...
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South Gloucestershire Council responds and thanks residents for signing Chris' petition
South Gloucestershire Council have responded to the petition that Chris submitted on behalf of Kingswood residents...
Click here to read their response 27 July 2008
Chris hands in petition against extra homes in Kingswood- giving local people their say
In his campaign against the number of extra homes being planned for South Gloucestershire, Chris has handed in hundreds of petition signatures from local residents calling on the government to reduce the number of new homes planned for South Gloucestershire...
Read full story 18 July 2008
Chris Skidmore launches residents' survey over superstore proposals
A CAMPAIGNER has launched a major initiative to gauge public opinion over plans to build a new supermarket in a South Gloucestershire village...
Read full story 20 May 2008
Home repossessions in Bristol up 40%, local campaigner reveals
New figures obtained by prospective Conservative MP for Kingswood, Chris Skidmore reveal that the number of repossessions...
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Chris Skidmore urges Kingswood MP to abandon support of abolition of 10p tax rate
A CAMPAIGNER has issued an appeal to his Labour MP to reconsider his support for the controversial abolition of the 10p rate of tax...
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New report exposes large fall in Kingswood and Bristol house prices.
HOUSE prices in Kingswood have fallen by as much as 6 per cent in the last 12 months - the fourth largest drop nationwide - a new report has said...
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Report highlights affect of credit crunch in Bristol
CHRIS SKIDMORE has compiled a report showing that nearly 45,000 households in Bristol are in a 'sub prime' category- meaning that households may suffer...
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Chris- A friend of Cossham hospital- congratulates the hospital on its planned refurbishment!
Chris has become a friend of Cossham hospital as he continues to support the hospital to ensure that the local community and residents of Kingswood get the best...
Read full story 11 April 2008
Chris urges MPs to support motion to save post offices
Chris Skidmore, the prospective MP for Kingswood, has written to Roger Berry MP to urge him to sign the Early Day Motion on Post Office Closures, and to participate...
Read full story March 2008
Not so NEET
Kerry McCarthy claims that Labour has reduced the number of young people not in education or training in her constituency in Bristol. But here over the border in Kingswood...
Read full story 13 March 2008
Chris backs Taxi Tokens for Kingswood's elderly residents
Like our team of Conservative Councillors, I passionately believe in restoring the right to choose. I believe residents are best
placed to decide whether tokens or...
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A Better Budget for Kingswood Residents
Chris congratulates South Gloucestershire Conservative-led Council on their new budget, delivering better services at great value for money...
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Chris meets Safer South Gloucestershire Team
As part of his commitment to tackling anti-social behaviour and the consequences of drug and alcohol abuse in Kingswood, Chris visited the Headquarters of Safer South Gloucestershire...
Read full story 13 March 2008
Letter on launch of Conservatives campaign to save post offices
Since 1997, the Government has closed 5,000 Post Offices across the country, including 38 in Bristol and South Gloucestershire...
Read full story 7 March 2008
Letter on EU Referendum
In voting not to hold a referendum on the European Treaty, our local Labour and Lib Dem MPs have let us all down badly. The Government have broken a key promise...
Read full story 7 March 2008
Chris Skidmore joins protest march over EU Referendum
CHRIS SKIDMORE joined tens of thousands of campaigners for a mass rally outside Parliament to campaign for a referendum over the controversial EU Treaty...
Read full story 5 March 2008
'Save Our Post Offices' petition website launched
A CAMPAIGN group fighting to secure the long-term future of vital community post offices across Bristol and South Gloucestershire has gathered momentum...
Read full story 25 February 2008