Daventry Pub of the Year Competition 2023 I am delighted to announce the 'Daventry Pub of the Year' Competition 2023 is now open! The competition, now in its second year, is a fantastic opportunity for...
Daventry Pub of the Year Competition I am delighted to announce the launch of my first-ever 'Daventry Pub of the Year' Competition! The competition is now open, and I am encouraging all Daventry...
Local Bus Services The issue of buses in my constituency and more broadly in Northamptonshire has been a troubling one for some time. I recognise that in largely rural...
The Environment We are extremely lucky in Northamptonshire to be blessed with beautiful countryside which is home to diverse wildlife. There are many areas of outstanding...
Unlawful Slaughter of Lambs As many of you may be aware there has been an ongoing and very worrying issue on the unlawful slaughter of lambs. I have been raising the issue with local...
Crime Levels Crime has a significant impact across the UK, yet also at the local level for Daventry and its surrounding areas. Following surveys, crime was ranked among the...
Additional Needs Assessments in Northamptonshire I have received a lot of concerning correspondence from constituents surrounding the use of educational psychologists in additional needs assessments. The...
Wind Energy/Planning Working to cut subsidies for wind farms and limit onshore wind farms are one of Chris' main policy focuses. He has made numerous speeches in Parliament on the topic and organized a letter to the Prime Minister signed by over 100 MPs calling for drastic cuts in on-shore wind farm subsidies. Chris has also worked to call attention to the problems created by wind farms for local residents including noise, visual intrusion and their effect on wildlife. He is working with a number of local communities, helping them to fight both wind-farm proposals and giving
Sports Chris is the founder and former chairman of EU Sports Platform, which provided a voice for dozens of national and international sports governing bodies and individual teams and clubs in Brussels. Chris is well known within football locally, nationally and internationally and it was his behind the scenes negotiations and common sense solution of allowing England players to wear poppies on their armbands that solved “Poppygate” in November 2011. He has also served as Vice-Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Football and has spoken on racism in football and assa
