Category: General News
Questions need answering over Castle’s future
Lancaster Castle – should it remain as a Prison?
Although Parliament may be in recess, that doesn’t mean that local MP Eric Ollerenshaw is off on his holidays! This week Eric has been out and about across Lancaster and Fleetwood, from Lifeboat Day at Fleetwood, Pilling Coffee Feast and the Maiden Bridge Arts Centre in Tatham up in the Lune Valley. Eric has also had meetings with local businesses in Lancaster, English Nature, the Federation of Small Businesses and the Department of Work and Pensions.
Canatxx is back
Eric campaigning against Canatxx back in 2008
The big news this week is that Canatxx are back with a new name,(Halite Energy Group) a new logo and a new PR campaign to convince residents of the benefits of storing gas under the River Wyre.
Supporting Fleetwood in Westminster
Eric in the House of Commons
Local MP, Eric Ollerenshaw is worried that London academics seem to have lost Fleetwood and placed it in Blackpool. Eric put the record straight when speaking out in a debate on the future of coastal towns in Westminster Hall.
A busy few weeks across Lancaster & Fleetwood
Eric being interviewed in Lancaster for the Politics Show
A busy few weeks have seen Eric Ollerenshaw, MP for Lancaster & Fleetwood criss-crossing the Constituency. As well as holding his regular surgeries for local residents, Eric has had meetings with representatives from the local Police, visited Lancaster Girls’ Grammar School as well as meeting with local businesses concerned about the future of the Heysham/M6 Link Road.
Eric Presents Top award to Fleetwood Chippy
Eric at Pisces Fish and Chip Shop in Fleetwood
Eric was delighted to be invited to present a 5 Star Fish Friers Quality Award to Charlie Cummins and Pisces Fish & Chip Restaurant on Poulton Road, Fleetwood.
Eric Ollerenshaw MP finds out what it’s like to live without sight
Eric at the RNIB event
Eric recently met with the RNIB at a parliamentary reception designed to give MPs a first hand experience of the everyday challenges faced by blind and partially sighted people.
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What has happened so far…
What an amazing 3 weeks – elected as your MP, rushed to Westminster, supporting the moves to a Coalition Government then ending up on the Government side supporting our first Coalition Government since the War in presenting its first steps to addressing our financial and debt crisis. All of this while still to date, amongst many others waiting to be allocated office space!
Celebrating at the Fuzzy Duck Brewery
Eric Ollerenshaw celebrating with a local ale
Eric Ollerenshaw, the new MP for Lancaster and Fleetwood, celebrated his election victory with a local ale at the Fuzzy Duck Brewery.
Lancaster and Fleetwood: The Result
Lancaster and Fleetwood spoke out on May 6th and voted for a Conservative Member of Parliament, and a Conservative government, in Eric Ollerenshaw. With 15,404 votes cast in his favour, the people of Lancaster and Fleetwood showed that only a Conservative government can help secure the investment in this part of England, and only a Conservative government will ensure that the people of the North West are listened to, so thank you to everyone that voted for Eric Ollerenshaw, and for the Conservatives on May 6th.
We’ve heard it all before and nothing ever changes.
We’ve heard it all before. We’ve had thirteen years of Labour’s broken promises and nothing changes.
What Britain needs is change – and only the Conservative Party has the energy, leadership and values to bring about that change and:
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