📣 My first question in the House of Commons.
🦷 Local people won’t be surprised to hear that it was on ensuring we have key infrastructure, like GPs and NHS dentists, as our communities grow.
Super to hear
@SKinnock
set out how Labour’s Dentistry Rescue Plan will support this.
*Thrilled* to be selected as Labour’s parliamentary candidate for Filton & Bradley Stoke!🌹
Thank you so much to local party members - together, we can win here for the first time, get Labour into government, & make life fairer.
The hard work starts now! Let’s make history 🙌
The honour of my life. Thank you, so very much, to everyone who has put their trust in me.
With a 10,000 majority the message is clear: people want change.
I will work every day to deliver security, stability and fairness and be an MP you can be proud of.
Thank you to my team!
One year and numerous PMs ago…
We need Keir Starmer behind that door, leading a Labour government to bring fairness back into the heart of our country.
To do that, we must win here in Filton & Bradley Stoke - we’re working hard every day to earn trust to make change happen🌹
It’s official!
Incredibly special moment today, swearing in as Member of Parliament for the Filton and Bradley Stoke constituency.
Thank you to everyone for your trust and support.
I'm standing to be Labour parliamentary candidate for Filton & Bradley Stoke.
I have local roots, national experience & a track record of bringing people together to make change happen. Together we can win for the first time.
Join our campaign for change
An honour to welcome
@Keir_Starmer
to Emersons Green for his New Year speech, hosted by the NCC.
This year, you have the power to change things. By voting Labour, you will have a government on your side.
Let’s give change a chance. Together, we can get Britain’s future back.
There is: 18.
I was one of the first to stand when the age was lowered, selected at 19 in 2007 (ahead of 2010 election).
My principles haven’t changed between standing then & now.
The narrative about age was as tedious then as now. We need a wide range of adults in parliament.
✅ First day in the new job
A true privilege to join this fantastic (& huge!) team of Labour MPs today.
Hitting the ground running to serve everyone across the Filton & Bradley Stoke constituency.
I’m in the process of setting up an office & will have details of surgeries soon
It’s impossible not to laugh when you’re with such a talented comedian!
More than that,
@Tony_Robinson
is incredibly generous with his time, coming to help us campaign in the Filton & Bradley Stoke constituency - an area his family has longstanding links to.
Thank you, Tony!
🗳️ Voted for that Claire Hazelgrove in the end. She seems alright!
Incredibly grateful to everyone putting their trust in me & Labour candidates across the country.
I know many people are voting Labour for the first time - thank you.
Thanks to all working at polling stations!
Wonderful to have
@Keir_Starmer
at our great local, The Beaufort Arms, in Stoke Gifford last night.
A lovely welcome from fellow residents and a surprise for our fab volunteer team.
This day marked the 200th anniversary of the pint. Mine was a cider, of course! Cheers boss 🍻
How much better, brighter and more hopeful our country would be with Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves.
Day in, day out our Labour government will make life fairer for hardworking people, who keep finding their dreams further out of reach after 13 long years of Tory economic chaos.
Britain needs economic stability so that families can have security.
As a former Bank of England economist, I know what it will take to get Britain’s economy back on track.
Which is why, as Chancellor, I will treat taxpayers' money with the respect it deserves.
It was a pleasure to meet with our British troops in Estonia and to thank them for their commitment to standing tall against Russian aggression, especially over Christmas.
Labour is proud of their service, bravery and professionalism.
What a fantastic evening in Filton with such a rallying speech from
@Keir_Starmer
🙌
We are working every day to earn trust so that we can build a better Britain.
Please join a campaign event to help get Labour councillors elected in May🌹
👉
Very best of luck to the fantastic
@DannyBeales
in Uxbridge & South Ruislip and
@Mather_Keir
in Selby & Ainsty in today’s by-elections 🗳️🌹
It’s been brilliant to campaign for them both over the last few weeks.
Such positivity & possibility for a better future.
Vote Labour! 🙌
Great talking with Keir Starmer about the issues local people are raising on the
#labourdoorstep
across the Filton & Bradley Stoke constituency.
He always asks and truly cares — we are determined to make life fairer for people here and across the country 🇬🇧
A vote for Labour is a vote for fairness, it’s a vote for our community and it’s a vote for change.
Head to your polling station here in South Gloucestershire today and - together - let’s send the Conservatives a strong message that we want better 🌹
People don’t ask for too much. Security. Stability. Fairness.
That, if we work hard, we should have the same chance to fulfil our potential.
To provide for family, enjoy life & give back.
But after 14 years of Tories, that’s no longer guaranteed.
You can choose a better way.
Super to have
@RachelReevesMP
campaigning with us on the
#labourdoorstep
in Emersons Green.
Local people here will get to vote in the Kingswood by-election and in Filton & Bradley Stoke in this year’s General Election.
We hope to earn your trust for a fresh start 🌹
25 🎂
Politics matters. Parties are different. Principles count. Progress can happen.
How I hope we’ll be able to share the next Labour government’s transformational successes from next year too.
Vote Labour for better, again 🌹
Fantastic to meet up with
@Keir_Starmer
and
@jreynoldsMP
ahead of their visit to Airbus in Filton today for National Apprenticeship Week.
We couldn’t be more ambitious for our communities and country.
Increasing skills and opportunities will be a national mission for Labour 🌹
Rishi Sunak pretending he and his party haven’t been in government for almost 13 years is quite the spectacle.
If they’ve done a good job, why did he feel he had to pledge to restore “pride in Britain”? 🤔
Jacob Rees-Mogg is the epitome of the state of the Conservative Party:
Sky News reporter: “So around 45% of the Kingswood seat will move into your seat at the General Election. Is that why you’re here tonight?”
JRM: “No, I’m here because I’m doing my show with GB News.”
I had the privilege to be on stage for that real barnstormer. Electric.
The last Lab Govt focused relentlessly on making life fairer, opening up opportunities & removing barriers, so as many people as poss had the chance to fulfil their potential.
Talk about clear blue water.
I’m old enough to remember when the governing party’s conference was an opportunity to report on progress made rather than about what was being scrapped, cancelled or delayed.
How lucky to have actor
@Tony_Robinson
join us for our canvassing session in Bradley Stoke this afternoon!
Our plan to try to earn trust & make change happen here is consistent (rather than cunning!):
Listening to local people one door at a time and setting out a better way 🌹
🦷 Today, Labour forced a vote in the House of Commons to improve NHS dentistry.
In stark contrast with the current Conservative MP’s vote *against* this today, I was grateful to
@wesstreeting
for speaking on my behalf to raise the issues local people face.
You deserve better.
📺 On BBC Politics West today, I spoke about the 5 missions
@Keir_Starmer
set out this week.
This is about doing politics differently - and governing differently.
Rather than the Conservatives’ short-sighted approach, these are our overarching ambitions for a fairer Britain.
Fantastic to be straight out, launching our campaign for change here in the Filton and Bradley Stoke constituency.
It’s time for change - vote Labour on 4th July 🌹
Thank you to everyone who came out on the
#labourdoorstep
here in Emersons Green this morning!
Great to have Bristol MPs
@darrenpjones
,
@KerryMP
and
@karinsmyth
out with us too.
Vote Labour here in the Kingswood by-election on Thurs Feb 15th 🗳️🌹
Thrilled to be on the shortlist to become our Labour parliamentary candidate for Filton & Bradley Stoke!
*Thank you* to local members, branches + orgs across our movement.
Looking forward to speaking with local party members! Join our campaign for change
Brilliant to have our fantastic Labour Party Chair
@AnnelieseDodds
and SW Regional Lead
@LukePollard
here with our great team on the
#labourdoorstep
in Downend to kick-start the Kingswood by-election 🌹
Great start to
@UKLabour
’s campaign in the Kingswood by-election today.
Rishi Sunak is too weak to lead his party let alone run the country.
Even Tory MPs think the Tories have failed. There is no point in five more months of this Government let alone five more years.
Two historic Labour gains!
In replacing Nadine Dorries with
@alistrathern
& Chris Pincher with
@SarahEdwardsTam
people have made clear they want better — a fresh start.
Huge congratulations to Ali, Sarah, party staff & activists who worked hard to earn trust 🌹
We press on 💪
I’m grateful to campaigner
@Feargal_Sharkey
for joining me in Winterbourne.
Our waterways couldn’t be more important.
But the current Tory MP voted to allow sewage dumping.
In 2023, sewage flowed in here - along the Frome Valley Walkway - due to maintenance problems 57 times.
It is my government’s mission to build a Britain where you don’t have to change who you are just to get on.
Where families believe, with the certainty they deserve, that their children's future will be better.
That is my story. It is my politics.
#FutureOfBritain
9.05am and I’m *just* home from the local elections count in South Gloucestershire - 11 hours later..!
Great night for Labour here & across the country.
The Tories have lost control of the council & we’ve gained seats we’ve never held here.
Thank you for the trust & support 🌹
And we’re back! Thank you to everyone out on the
#labourdoorstep
here in Emersons Green today in the Kingswood by-election 🌹
11 days until people can send this failed, out of touch and collapsing Conservative Govt a strong message by voting for change with Labour’s
@damienegan
What an incredible campaign!
The way so many of you have joined the Kingswood by-election team has been inspiring.
Thanks to everyone who has spoken with our team on your doorstep.
There’s a clear choice tomorrow: more Tory chaos or a fresh start with Labour’s
@damienegan
🌹
Two of the many teams out today on the
#labourdoorstep
in the final few days of the Kingswood by-election 🌹
Thanks to everyone who joined our fab local team here in Emersons Green, inc. fellow candidates
@JoaniReid
and
@JessicaToale
!
Lots of support for Labour’s
@damienegan
Huge victory in Wellingborough - congratulations
@Gvkitchen
🌹
2x
#LabourGain
tonight in 2x very different constituencies.
People want change across Britain and know that can only happen with Labour.
Just back from our victory rally in Kingswood with
@damienegan
*MP*,
@patmcfaddenmp
,
@RhonddaBryant
& our amazing volunteer team. An incredible result.
Thrilled for Damien and Kingswood. And so glad that the communities soon moving into Filton & Bradley Stoke have a *Labour MP*.
We’re back out on the
#labourdoorstep
in Downend again this afternoon on the first day of the Kingswood by-election 🌹
Positive response from local people who are ready for change with Labour. Thanks to the team from near and far!
Super to be out with Labour Party General Secretary, David Evans, and
@LukePollard
on the
#labourdoorstep
in the Kingswood by-election for
@damienegan
.
The support from
@UKLabour
staff, representatives & members from across our region & country has been phenomenal - thank you 🌹
Good
#labourdoorstep
response in Emersons Green in the Kingswood by-election with our team inc.
@RhonddaBryant
Local people will get a chance to vote for a fresh start 2x this year.
We’re looking forward to the area moving into Filton & Bradley Stoke at the General Election 🌹
We were back out listening to people on the
#labourdoorstep
in Emersons Green again this afternoon.
Lots of people - including lifelong Conservative voters - telling us they want a fresh start.
That can only happen by voting Labour 🗳️
I won’t share the videos as they don’t deserve more airtime, but the comments today by Lee Anderson & Liz Truss are disturbing, dangerous and wrong.
Action must be taken.
The Conservative Party is showing us, relentlessly, how deeply unfit they are to govern.
Where is Sunak..?
Most of our key seat parliamentary candidates here in the South West 🌹
Brilliant to get to spend some time together with them, staff & other key campaigners in our region.
We all want better for our communities and are working hard to earn trust & get Britain’s future back 🇬🇧
In a turn of events, the MP for the current Kingswood seat, where Keir & I spoke the day before…resigns
More Tory chaos as this seat is abolished at the GE - some moving into Filton & Bradley Stoke. The Tories are asking people to vote for different MP candidates 2x *this year*
And we’re off! First
#labourdoorstep
session in the Kingswood by-election, here in Downend.
We’ve been out knocking on doors here long before now, and it’s great to be out with this great team inc
@LukePollard
&
@KerryMP
Good conversations on the
#labourdoorstep
today.
Lots of people wanting change and switching to Labour for the first time.
Tory party division has been noticed, as has the Kingswood Tory MP quitting as even he’s had enough of his government.
(Added bonus: no rain 🙌)
Great to team up with Shadow Home Secretary,
@YvetteCooperMP
, and our Police & Crime Commissioner candidate,
@ClareMoody4PCC
, to support
@damienegan
.
South Glos can have a fresh start this year - that begins with voting for Damien in Kingswood on Thursday 🗳️
Wonderful to have
@Feargal_Sharkey
join us on the
#LabourDoorstep
in Bradley Stoke this lunchtime!
We listened to the issues local people are facing and talked about how important this election is for our waterways.
It’s time for change 🌹
Thanks to Feargal and the team!
A week is indeed a long time in politics..!
Somehow, this was only 2 days ago, and apparently it’s only 6th January.
What a big and exciting year this is.
Another big, brilliant team out on the
#labourdoorstep
in Emersons Green this afternoon, inc. former Kingswood MP Roger Berry,
@KerryMP
&
@ClareMoody4PCC
Thank you to everyone who spoke with us. Lots of local people are ready for change and voting Labour on Feb 15th 🗳️🌹
I’m really proud to have
@GMB_union
’s support to become Labour’s parliamentary candidate for Filton & Bradley Stoke. Thank you.
GMB stand by their members so loyally, and organise and campaign (two of my favourite things) to make work better. Proud to be a member.
Wow!! Incredible turnout for our campaign day & launch of South West Young Labour 🌹
Very grateful to everyone who has come to support our campaign for change here in the Filton & Bradley Stoke constituency.
The road to No10 runs through here! Join us -
Back on the
#labourdoorstep
in the Kingswood by-election this morning in Lyde Green with this fab team.
Look forward to local people joining the Filton & Bradley Stoke constituency when boundaries change at the General Election - you now have *2* chances to vote Labour in 2024🌹
Great teams out on the
#labourdoorstep
across the Kingswood constituency this morning - in both Emersons Green and Kingswood 🌹
Big thanks to everyone who joined us!
Another positive day out on the doorstep listening to local people in Bradley Stoke and Downend 🌹
Great to be joined by friends from
@CoopParty
and also
@CommunityUnion
- a whole movement effort here!
Thank you to everyone who spoke with us and joined us
Unfortunately, according to his own 📰, our current Conservative MP doesn’t seem to know this constituency isn’t in Somerset 🤷🏼♀️
Want an MP who knows where the Filton & Bradley Stoke constituency is?*
*South Gloucestershire, just above Bristol, to help Jack out.
Vote Labour 🌹
Lovely to be at Bailey’s Court Primary School’s Summer Fair this morning! My first event as MP.
Thanks to all involved in putting this great fair on - glad the weather has largely behaved!
If you’re in the area, pop by before 2pm! Lots of stall, activities and great food too.
Roses are red
Tories are blue
Vote for change in Kingswood
And let’s start things anew 🌹
(Other versions welcome!)
23 hours left until polling stations open and local people start to cast their 🗳️
Join us at lunchtime today for the final push 💪
Brilliant to be out talking with local people in Downend tonight, as we have been for two and a half years now.
Really positive response with a number of people voting Labour for the first time!
Thanks to our fantastic team out (including, not pictured, Luna 🐕)
#LabourDoorstep
Thrilled to be on the longlist to become Labour’s parliamentary candidate for Filton & Bradley Stoke!
Together, we can win here for the first time, get Labour into govt + change lives.
If you’re a local member it’d be great to chat. Please get in touch👇
The commitment is real here in the Filton & Bradley Stoke constituency 🌹
Huge thanks to everyone who joined our launch today - in (unexpected) snow! - inc members from all over,
@darrenpjones
&
@ClareMoody4PCC
We truly are out listening all year round, & offer a fresh start 🌹
What a team! 🌹
Thanks so much to everyone out with us this morning across the Filton & Bradley Stoke constituency!
Great to have so many conversations with local people, thank you for your time.
Change *can* happen here, but only if you go out and vote Labour on Thursday 🗳️
Congratulations to
@ClaireVibert
who has been selected as
@UKLabour
candidate for Hazel Grove.
Claire lives in the constituency and will work hard alongside the 7 Labour Councillors in the area.
T’was the night before hustings…
Before the whirlwind that will be tomorrow, I wanted to say a *huge* thank you to local party members for your friendship and warmth (and sometimes dry shelter!)
I have loved every conversation, and I’m looking forward to seeing you tomorrow!
Thanks so much to everyone out on the
#labourdoorstep
here in Emersons Green in the Kingswood by-election.
We’re out with the brilliant
@labourunionsuk
talking about the difference voting for a Labour MP now, and a Labour government at the GE, would make for working people 🌹
Excellent morning talking with local people on the
#labourdoorstep
in Winterbourne.
Lots of lifelong Conservative voters telling us they want change with Labour.
Thanks to the team, inc. local parish councillor John Lloyd 🌹
Big thanks to
@ThangamMP
, our fab Shadow Culture, Media & Sport Secretary and nearby Bristol West MP, and our hardy team on the
#labourdoorstep
in lovely, wintry Winterbourne.
We’re out listening to local people all year round. Thanks to everyone who shared their views with us!
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Permanent, full-time roles with flexible working considered.
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