Six Weeks On

It is a great privilege to have been elected as the new Member of Parliament for Sleaford and North Hykeham, even if it means I have to get back to blogging! It is only a little under two months since the election and I have certainly been kept very busy. Everyone in the constituency has been kind and supportive, whether they voted for me or not. It is my job to represent us all and I intend always to try to do that conscientiously, making clear to the bureaucrats and city folk down in Westminster that communities like ours have had enough of being forgotten. My main message has been that we want our fair share of whatever resources there are and that London would do well to start listening to decent hardworking British people like us. Many people have asked me what's it's like as the new boy. I tell them that it's a little bit like going back to school. Go here for this induction; go there for your pass; don't talk to him or her, they can be trouble. Most of that I've ignored. My generation is here to ensure a fresh start. I hope we can do it. One advantage I had was arriving here on the day after the election, even before we were told to. That meant that I could get done on that Friday just about everything which took the other new members most of the following week when there were long queues for laptops, security briefings and the like. It also meant that I've been able to start as I mean to go on, answering correspondence promptly and lending a hand with constituents' problems. I'm not a great fan of being told what I can and can't do. So getting here early also means that I've been able to get my feet under the desk and ignore some of the sillier edicts which come out of the Westminster village. Except, I have to say, that I've only just got a desk this week. Apparently I have a phone number too, though not yet a phone. Goodness only knows where my number goes to at the moment! But even this hasn't stopped me doing what I came here to do: fighting for the voters of Sleaford & North Hykeham. It's a battle I've only just begun and one that I hope everyone will help me with by keeping in touch in the months and years ahead.

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