Supporting Local

Jonathan Evison is the newly elected Police and Crime Commissioner for Humberside. Jonathan previously served as a councillor for North Lincolnshire Council over a nine-year period, which included being Chair of Humberside Police and Crime Panel for six of those years.

I’m thrilled to see that swimming legend Brenda Fisher has become the Honorary President of our local historic swimming club; the Grimsby & Cleethorpes Water Rats. The club is run on a voluntary basis by its members

I recently visited Fusion Health and Well Being on Ladysmith Road to learn more about their exciting future development plans. Fusion offers health-based activities for the local community and also supports vulnerable people.

I recently visited Blackrow Engineering and was hugely impressed by the diversity in the engineering projects that they undertake. Company Director Gary Pexman and Sales Engineer Lewis Crowther took me on a guided tour of their Grimsby facility.

We’re always welcoming new members to the Conservative Party on a local level and it’s here that we get many of our potential new council candidates from. What I do is go out with these candidates into the local community and help them campaign, as well as discuss what I can do to assist them.

James Elliot, otherwise known as the Canoe River Cleaner, has been doing a marvellous job in cleaning up the River Freshney. I recently met with James after seeing him on the local news to discuss what I could do to help him in his efforts.

To mark Grimsby Charter Day, I visited the Enrolled Freemen of Grimsby. I have regular meetings with them to discuss the work that they’re doing and how I can assist them on a range of projects.

2020 has been dominated by the pandemic and although we are still under restrictions the roll-out of the two vaccines means that we can look forward to getting back to some form of normal life from next Easter onwards.

I invited pupils at Littlecoates Primary Academy to design my 2020 Christmas card.

A MEETING with former Culture Minister Helen Whately in February provided the opportunity to discuss Great Grimsby's heritage buildings and how we can support organisations bidding for funds to save our town's history.