Thank you to everyone who voted for JESS, your new MP for Chichester and the first Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament here for over 100 years.
Jess was elected with 25,540 votes (49.2%). The result was a 30.9% swing to the Liberal Democrats.
The Liberal Democrats also lead both Chichester District Council and Chichester City Council.
Three Liberal Democrats Councillors serve on West Sussex County Council in the Chichester district.
Chichester District Councillors unanimously condemned the government’s proposed increase in National Insurance payments which will be levied on the charitable and care home sectors.
The rise in employers’ national insurance announced at the Budget could put 26,786 GP appointments at risk in West Sussex due to increased costs to practices, Liberal Democrat analysis has revealed
Commuters could be clobbered by the equivalent of 1p income tax rise due to the government’s lifting of the bus fare cap from £2 to £3, according to Chichester’s MP.
Jess Brown-Fuller, the Liberal Democrat MP for Chichester, visited one of her constituency’s most environmentally dynamic areas last week and saw its newest feature, a huge periwinkle.
St Wilfrid’s Hospice, which provides palliative care for residents in West Sussex and Hampshire, faces a further deficit of around £200,000 due to the government’s budget increase on employer national insurance contributions.
Liberal Democrat MP, Jess Brown-Fuller, toured some of Southern Water’s operations in the Chichester constituency last week and met up with its CEO Lawrence Gosden.
October is Black History Month - a chance to celebrate the Black British community, acknowledge their contributions and discover their stories.
Read Ed Davey's speech to the Liberal Democrats' Autumn Conference in Brighton
Carers are not just support for their loved ones—they are the glue holding our fragile social care system together. They deserve more than token acknowledgements or empty promises.
