Simon Kirby, MP for Brighton Kemptown & Peacehaven, dressed in Pink in Parliament yesterday to show support for women affected by breast cancer.
Simon Kirby, MP for Brighton Kemptown & Peacehaven, dressed in Pink in Parliament yesterday to show support for women affected by breast cancer.
Simon Kirby, the Conservative MP for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven, submits formal objections to proposed housing development at Meadow Vale in Ovingdean. The application to build 85 homes on greenfield land between Ovingdean, Rottingdean and Woodingdean in Brighton was rejected by Brighton & Hove City Council’s planning committee earlier this year but the developers, Lightwood Strategic, have appealed the decision.
Following a night of shocks up and down the country, the Conservative Party look set to form a majority goverment as the pre-election opinion polls got the outcome of the election all wrong. Many senior politicians and household names lost their seats including former Lib Dem Leader Charles Kennedy, Leader of Labour in Scotland Jim Murphy, Lib Dem Business Secretary, Vince Cable, George Galloway from Respect, Conservative Minister, Ester McVey, Lib Dem Chief Secretary to the Secretary Danny Alexander and maybe the biggest scalp of the night, Labour’s Shadow Chancellor, Ed Balls.
Sussex born Simon, lives with his wife and his six children in East Brighton. He was elected as the Conservative MP for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven at the last general election in May, 2010. Simon was first elected to represent the people of Kemptown in 1992, as a Councillor on East Sussex County Council. Following this, he was a representative for Ovingdean, Rottingdean and Saltdean on both Brighton Borough and Brighton and Hove City Councils, and has been a School Governor at a number of schools during the past 20 years.
Simon Kirby was elected as MP for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven in May 2010. He looks back over the last five years and what he has been able to achieve for local LGBT residents. “It is an honour to be the MP for this incredibly special place. I always do my best to stand up for our area and be a strong voice for residents and I have taken up a range of campaigns. To be as accessible as possible to all constituents I have held regular constituency advice surgeries at both the Dorset Gardens Methodist Church and the Kemptown Crypt as well as at 10 other locations across the constituency.
Simon Kirby, Conservative Parliamentary candidate for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven welcomes manifesto committment to provide pardons to men who were convicted of gross indecency but where no crime would have been committed today. The Conservative Manifesto, makes reference to the steps taken by the Government to enhance equality in the UK with, for example, the introduction of same-sex marriage.
Jeremy Hunt MP the Secretary of State for Health paid a visit to the Sussex Beacon with Simon Kirby the Conservative candidate for Brighton Kemptown & Peacehaven on Thursday, April 16.
During the visit Mr Hunt was shown round the Beacon’s in patient unit, had tea with Beacon supporters and volunteers and answered questions from the local media.
About 65 people attended the first of two LGBT election hustings, organised by The LGBT Community Safety Forum, at The Queens Hotel on Monday April 13. This first one was for Parliamentary Candidates from the three Brighton and Hove Constituencies. The second LGBT election hustings, for candidates who are ward councillors, will be held at the same venue at 7pm to 9pm on Tuesday, April 21.
Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) is calling on the next Government to introduce four key measures that can help improve the lives of people living with HIV and can help turn the tide against the HIV epidemic. The national sexual health charity asked its members – who include those affected by HIV – their views on what matters to them which has informed the four key changes that it, and others in the sector, would like the next Government to make following the election in May.
Simon Kirby, Conservative Candidate for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven has condemned the announcement by the Labour Party that they will cut promised funding for A27 improvements and use the money to freeze rail fares for one year.
