A trip to the Houses of Parliament organised by the Purbeck Hills Branch - alll most welcome! The trip will cost £25 per person to include transport by coach and guided tours of the House of Commons and House of Lords in two groups.See some stunning architecture and art and wonder at a thousand years of history which makes us unique among the democracies. We hope to meet Richard Drax whilst we are there if this can be arranged.
Richard was re-elected in 2017 and 2019 where he achieved the highest number of votes (30,024) and his highest majority of 17,153. Richard firmly believes in representing his constituents without fear or favour. He spent four years getting to know his future constituency, before winning the seat from Labour minister Jim Knight in 2010, with a majority of 7442. His broad life experience as a soldier, journalist, television reporter and businessman and his evident independence of mind clearly appealed to the people of South Dorset, who subsequently nearly doubled his majority in 2015 and gave him increased majorities at every election since
