Home Secretary Criticises Bridgwater MP Over Migrant Hotel Use Comments Thursday, November 20, 2025 homesecretary migrants bridgwater hoteluse asylumpolicy migrantaccommodation ukpolitics conservative labour immigrationreform The Home Secretary has sharply criticised Bridgwater MP Sir Ashley Fox over his remarks regarding the use of hotels in the constituency to accommodate migrants. On Monday, November 17, Shabana Mahmood MP delivered a statement … Read More
Margaret Thatcher’s 1975 Tory Leadership Nomination Paper Uncovered in Somerset Monday, October 13, 2025 thatcher conservative leadership nomination 1975 politics archive somerset 1922committee history A historic nomination paper signed by Margaret Thatcher, which paved the way for her becoming leader of the Conservative Party, has been uncovered in a long-forgotten cardboard box. The document belonged to Tory statesman Sir … Read More
Somerset Councillors Honor Christine Lawrence as By-Election Candidates Emerge Wednesday, October 1, 2025 somerset politics byelection dunster council elections retirement conservative localgovernment leadership Somerset councillors gathered to pay heartfelt tribute to Councillor Christine Lawrence, who retired after more than two decades serving the Dunster division. Representing the rural area between Minehead and the Quantock … Read More
Full List of Candidates Set to Contest Bath Council Byelection Tuesday, September 23, 2025 byelection bath council libdem election candidates health resignation conservative independent A competitive field of seven candidates is set to vie for the Widcombe and Lyncombe ward seat in the upcoming Bath and North East Somerset Council byelection on October 9. The election follows the resignation of Liberal … Read More
Ex-Somerset MP David Warburton’s Cause of Death Confirmed Friday, September 12, 2025 davidwarburton somerset mp conservative death coroner somertonandfrome misconduct resignation byelection The cause of death of former Somerset MP David Warburton has been officially confirmed by the West London Coroner’s Court. Warburton, who served as the Conservative Member of Parliament for Somerton and Frome from 2015 until … Read More
Somerset Conservative Councillor Christine Lawrence Steps Down, Triggering Autumn By-Election Wednesday, September 10, 2025 somerset councillor by-election conservative dunster retirement council localgovernment minehead politics Christine Lawrence, a Conservative councillor who has represented the Dunster division in Somerset for over 20 years, has announced her retirement, prompting a by-election expected to take place later this autumn. Ms Lawrence … Read More