James Wharton MP

Yarm Prep, Ian Ramsey, Ingleby Surgery

James Wharton — Fri, 11 May 2012 22:45:45 +0000

Today I started in Yarm, visiting Yarm Preparatory School to speak to year six pupils. After that I went along to the Debating Society at Ian Ramsey School in Stockton and then, after a number of appointment surgeries at the office, I held an open surgery at Tesco in Ingleby Barwick.

Meetings and Airport

James Wharton — Fri, 04 May 2012 18:37:05 +0000

This morning I met local residents about a range of issues at my constituency office. Afterwards I attended a lunchtime meeting at Teesside Airport to hear the good news that KLM are reaffirming their committment to its future.

Yarm Parking and Hartlepool elections

James Wharton — Thu, 03 May 2012 14:35:44 +0000

I spent much of the afternoon in Hartlepool to help out with campaigning for the local elections. Then in the early evening I returned to Yarm to attend a meeting about car parking in the town, which had over 100 residents come along. After that I was in Hartlepool again until just before 3am to take part in the BBC Regional results programme.

Police and Crime Commissioners

James Wharton — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 17:17:04 +0000

This morning I attended a meeting with local Party representatives from across the Cleveland and Durham areas to start the process of selecting candidates for the Police and Crime Commissioner elections in November.

Constituency and Sunday Politics

James Wharton — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 22:33:12 +0000

I spent this morning meeting constituents in Stockton, including representatives from the local charity Blind Voice to talk about welfare reforms. In the afternoon I went up to Newcastle to record the regional Sunday Politics programme.

Schools and Drs

James Wharton — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 22:15:23 +0000

This morning I visited Yarm medical centre, then All Saints School in Ingleby Barwick. I held a number of surgeries at the office through the afternoon then an open surgery in Yarm library in the early evening.

Work Programme, Constituency and Berwick

James Wharton — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 23:15:53 +0000

A number of constituency meetings today including with Avanta, one of the providers of the Work Programme, to hear about the work they are doing in the region. I also visited Halifax Bank in Thornbay to meet staff and managers, did an interview for a University student’s dissertation project and in the evening spoke at a dinner for Berwick Conservatives in Bamburgh.

Darlington

James Wharton — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 19:08:48 +0000

I spent this afternoon in Darlington, where there are two local government by elections. I was out knocking doors for the excellent Conservative candidates. Neither of the wards were Conservative at the last election but I am hopeful that with good candidates and a strong campaign they will have a impressive showing when polls close tonight.

DRC, Yarm and other constituency meetings

James Wharton — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 21:21:26 +0000

I had a day full of meetings in the constituency, mostly held at my office in Stockton. This included a meeting with representatives of the Congolese community in Teesside to discuss the situation in the DRC, which was informative and useful. Clearly the issues in DRC still have a long way to go before it can return to any sort of stability.

In the evening I attended a meeting in Yarm with the residents group who are opposing the Morley Carr Farm development plans. They are a strong group with a number of legitimate concerns about the plans which deserve to be heard.

AGM

James Wharton — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 19:24:47 +0000

This morning was the Annual General Meeting of Stockton Conservatives. Congratulations to all those elected to serve as officers of the Association for the coming year. In the afternoon I met with a number of Ingleby Barwick residents to discuss a range of issues which I will be taking up on their behalf.