James Wharton MP

Last night I attended the Cleveland & Durham Conservatives Area Council.  This is a body with representatives of local Parties from across the area and it was one of the most interesting and productive Area Council meetings for a long time.  There was a real enthusiasm to get things moving,  I suspect because people in the Durham area are motivated by the County Council elections and new Unitary Council that they are going to get (although they are not happy about the structural changes).  As ever Stockton was well represented by my local Chairman who spoke up for Party members in this part of the region and ensured that our voice was heard.  There is a real enthusiasm in the Party at the moment and things are a lot more fun than they have been as recently as a few years ago.  Lots of key things were discussed and over the coming months we should see the benefits of some of the decisions taken.