"North Wales Must Not Be Left Behind" The seven Welsh Conservative MPs across North Wales are calling for urgent action to ensure the region is not left behind in ensuring adequate capacity to treat...
Supporting Macmillan Cancer Care I am very proud to have supported Macmillan Cancer Care at a recent event they held at the House of Commons and to post this photo on the day before my mother’s...
Stop speeding cars in The Lodge on Broughton Road Recently I visited residents in The Lodge on Broughton Road to discuss severe problems they are having with speeding cars outside their houses as shown in the...
Fighting cuts in train services I discussed with Owen Paterson on his recent visit to Chirk the fury that people feel about the decision of Transport for Wales, which is the responsibility of...
Increase spending on the NHS Our Welsh NHS has been run by the Welsh Labour Government in Cardiff for 20 years. We must make sure that the extra £1.2 billion being provided by Boris Johnson...
Get Brexit Done Like the majority of people in Clwyd South, I voted for Brexit. I support the Prime Minister’s great new deal. We must honour the result of the referendum, get...
Save our Libraries It is vital we attend our local Library Consultation Meetings organised by Wrexham Council, as I did in Chirk on 17th October, and fill in the consultation form...
Campaigning to improve mobile signal and broadband speeds I am campaigning in Clwyd South for better mobile signal and faster broadband speeds which are sub-standard in many parts of the constituency. It was very good...
Local Elections on 4th May 2017 The Clwyd South Conservatives have been campaigning hard in a wide variety of wards including ones where the Welsh Conservatives are not incumbents such as Bryn...
HSBC Bank Closures UPDATE: 29th March 2016Simon recently spoke at the Welsh Conservative conference in Llangollen, where he brought national attention to the HSBC closures in Chirk and Ruabon.Simon has also recently sent out another update to all 700 banking survey respondents, informing them of recent developments between himself and HSBC.In the update, Simon put's forward his analysis of those who returned the banking survey, which highlights to HSBC, the collective concerns such closures will have on our constituency.
Saved: Maternity services at Wrexham Maelor Hospital A very big thank you to everyone who signed our petition to save consultant-led maternity services at Wrexham Maelor Hospital - your voices have been heard!We are delighted as well that there will be no downgrade of consultant-led maternity services elsewhere in the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board area.Our local campaign, led by Andrew Atkinson, shows that protection of the NHS is the number one priority for people in Clwyd South and elsewhere in Wales.
Restoration of Lodge Bus Service Simon Baynes (Prospective Welsh Conservative Assembly Member for Clwyd South) and local Councillor Paul Rogers are campaigning to re-establish a bus service between Brymbo and Wrexham via Lodge, after Arriva Buses Wales suddenly withdrew the service, leaving our local community without regular and reliable public transport . Many residents of all ages rely on regular services to access employment and healthcare. Simon and Paul both feel that residents in Lodge deserve a better bus service.
