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Cllr George Madgwick

Council leader rules out calling on George Madgwick to resign

Dame Penny Mordaunt has confirmed that she has been accepted as a Conservative candidate.

Ex-Portsmouth MP Penny Mordaunt cleared to stand for Tories

Dame Caroline Dinenage has questioned the viability of Reform UK's policy of using the Royal Navy to blockade the British coast to stop migrant boats.

'A big ask: MP questions Reform's Navy blockade policy as dinghy seen

Dame Caroline Dinenage, Conservative MP for Gosport, praised her former counterpart in Portsmouth North, Dame Penny Mordaunt, but said it's right that all prospective Tory candidates should reapply.

"Everyone should reapply": Gosport MP addresses Penny Mordaunt wait

Prad Bains

Former Havant mayor pulls out of running for parliament

Dame Penny Mordaunt has waited weeks to find out if she will be a candidate for the Conservative Party in Portsmouth.

Penny Mordaunt left waiting to see if she can stand as Tory candidate

Criterion Theatre in Forton Road, Gosport.

Criterion Theatre could be 'disposed of' as council considers future

Former Conservative Party MPs Penny Mordaunt, left, and Suella Braverman.

Ex-Tory MPs in social media spat over 'DEI betreyal'

The new local government reorganisation map for Hampshire showing the councils under LGR

'The seven parishes are paying the price for this chamber’s silence'

Conservative group leader in Gosport, Cllr Zoe Huggins.

Tories aim to run Gosport Borough Council with a minority

Conservative candidate Simon Martin was elected for Park Gate ward.

Conservative joy as they maintain Fareham Borough Council majority

Reform UK's local election campaign - Nigel Farage and Suella Braverman were campaigning in Waterlooville Precinct on Friday, May 1, 2026.

Pictured is: Suella Braverman with Nigel Farage who enjoys a pint at a Waterlooville pub.

Picture: Sarah Standing (010526-816)

Farage and Conservatives clash as Hampshire local election heats up

Fareham Borough Council's offices

All the election candidates standing for Fareham Borough Council

Former home secretary Suella Braverman at Fareham Leisure Centre in Fareham

Demand for by-election after Suella Braverman joins Reform UK

Hampshire Police and Crime Commissioner Donna Jones has been named as the Conservative candidate for the county's first ever mayoral role.

Donna Jones named as Conservative candidate for mayor of Hampshire

Portsmouth area MPs have given their thoughts on the Strategic Defence Review, which announces major reforms for the armed forces. From L: Stephen Morgan, Suella Braverman, Caroline Dinenage, Amanda Martin and Alan Mak.

"Significant", "Hot Air": MPs dissect major defence reforms
Politicians in the Portsmouth area have weighed in on major defence reforms.
Freddie Webb

Alan Mak MP (fourth left) watches from the Opposition Front Bench as Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch responds to the Labour Government's EU deal

Political Comment: Havant MP Alan Mak condemns Labour Government's deal with EU ...

Alan Mak MP with representatives of leading UK technology companies

Havant MP Alan Mak meets leading UK technology companies to discuss sector's fut...

Penny Mordaunt said the soul of the Conservative Party needs restoring after a crushing election defeat. Shye lost her Portsmouth North seat to Labour’s Amanda Martin.

Penny Mordaunt says soul of Tory party needs restoring

The Chairman of Pubwatch in Portsmouth said restaurants and nightlife venues will be severely impacted by measures which would ban smoking in pub gardens and outside nightclubs. Pictured is The Astoria in Guildhall Walk.

Smoking ban outside pubs and clubs would "undermine" venues

Havant MP Alan Mak has been appointed to the Opposition Front Bench as Shadow Treasury Minister

Havant MP Alan Mak appointed to Opposition Front Bench as Shadow Treasury Minist...

Ballot boxes at Havant General Election

Havant General Election dubbed 'three way race'

The General Election takes place on July 4.

Gosport general election candidates say why you should vote for them

Penny Mordaunt

Penny Mordaunt could be be among Tory bloodbath losses - new poll

Sir Keir Starmer at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard during Labour's general election campaign. Picture: Chris Moorhouse (050624-070)

Labour pledges to bring in new armed forces support role

The full list of candidates standing in the general election in the two Portsmouth constituencies have been revealed. Pic: Contributed, for illustrative purposes

Candidates for both Portsmouth seats in the general election - and how to vote

Labour candidate for Portsmouth South Stephen Morgan

Labour to usher in “a golden age” of lifelong learning says Stephen Morgan
Labour candidate for Portsmouth South Stephen Morgan has said the next Labour Government will deliver a ‘golden age of lifelong learning’ with opportunities for adults to train and retrain throughout their lives.
John Doran

Ballot boxes. Sarah Standing (020524-8092)

Fareham Sarisbury and Meon Valley by-election results

Pam Bryant with daughter Louise Clubley who won at Uplands and Funtley, pictured with Suella Braverman MP and Tina Ellis, winner at the Avenue ward. Picture: Mike Cooter (030524)

Relief for the Conservatives as they retain control in Fareham

Voters will go to the polls on May 2

Why candidates say you should vote for them in the Gosport local elections

Voters go to the polls on May 2

Meet the candidates for the county council Fareham Sarisbury by-election

Voters go to the polls on May 2

Meet the candidates for the Hampshire County Council Meon Valley by-election

Elections will be held on May 2

2024 local elections in Havant: Everything you need to know

The election will be held on May 2

2024 local elections in Gosport: Everything you need to know

Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt leaves 11 Downing Street, London, with his ministerial box before delivering his Budget in the Houses of Parliament. Picture date: Wednesday March 6, 2024. Picture: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

No extra funds for armed forces as Jeremy Hunt outlines budget

School crossing patrols could be put at risk as a result of measures by Hampshire County Council to save money. Picture for illustrative purposes only

'Bleak' cuts to services condemned in 'pathetic' public consultation

Channel 4's Partygate told the story of the lockdown parties inside No.10 Downing Street during the Covid-19 pandemic. From left, Grace Greenwood (played by Georgie Henley), Alice Lyons (Alice Orr-Ewing), Rory Baskerville (Tom Durant-Pritchard), Annabel D'Acre (Ophelia Lovibond), Josh Fitzmaurice (Hugh Skinner) (Picture: Rob Parfitt/Channel 4)

Channel 4's Partygate should leave you raging

Stephen Morgan MP. Picture: Chris Moorhouse

‘Portsmouth is full of potential but is too often short-changed by Government’

14.7% of adults in the Portsmouth local authority area smoked in 2022 – up from 13.6% the year before.

Will ‘biggest public health intervention in a generation’ help lower city rates?

The Prime Minister has unveiled plans to scrap A-levels in a huge shake-up to the UK’s education system. Credit: Carl Court/Getty Images

Breaking A-levels and T Levels to be scrapped, Rishi Sunak announces

Grant Shapps delivering a speech on stage during the opening day of the annual Conservative Party Conference in Manchester on October 1, 2023. Picture: JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images.

Powerful "hunter-killer" attack submarines to be built

Household waste bin. Picture courtesy of Justus Menke/Unsplash

Pay deal offered to refuse collectors after disruption to bin collections

Fareham Borough Council leader Sean Woodward has defended Boris Johnson after the Partygate report found that the former prime minister mislead parliament. Picture: Keith Woodland/JUSTIN TALLIS - AFP via Getty Images

‘It’s a kangaroo court’: Council leader defends ex-PM over 'Partygate' report

Nigel Adams, MP for Selby and Ainsty pictured outside Selby Abbey.

Breaking Another Tory MP resigns and triggers a third by-election

Sarah Pankhurst

New political balance at Fareham Borough Council following the resignation

Concerns have been raised over the voting process

Conservatives ‘deeply concerned’ after being ‘turned away’ from voting

Breaking Gary Neville mocks former PM Liz Truss on Twitter

Tory ministers will not be happy with the new ‘no plus-one’ rule for King Charles III coronation - Credit: Getty Images

Breaking Tory ministers in uproar after major king’s coronation rule change

Lord Lawson was also a journalist and the father of celebrity cook, Nigella Lawson (Picture: B Barrett/Express/Getty Images)

Breaking Former Conservative party politician Nigel Lawson dies aged 91

Tory MP Zac Goldsmith and wife Alice Rothschild have split after around a decade of marriage - Credit: Getty Images

Breaking Tory minister Zac Goldsmith ends decade-long marriage to wife Alice

'The new deputy chairman of the Conservative Party, Lee Anderson is wrong to believe that charities supporting asylum seekers in Calais are involved in a multimillion-pound industry'. PIC: UK Parliament/PA Wire

Lee Anderson: ‘myth’ those on Universal credit are in poverty

Nick Gregory at the Fareham election count in Ferneham hall May 7, 2021, when he was elected on to the council as a Conservative
Picture: Habibur Rahman

Fareham councillor leaves Tories - and launches broadside government

Rod Stewart tells Sky News phone-in Tories should ‘give Labour a go’

Ex-Tory MP Neil Parish resigned after being caught watching pornography in the House of Commons twice.

Disgraced porn-watching ex-MP may stand again at next general election

Mark Hook, on his final day in office as Gosport council leader in 2021. Picture: David George

Anger as ex-council leader nominated for town's highest honour

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