James Duddridge, Member of Parliament for Rochford and Southend East, has welcomed the announcement from the Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport that Southend is one of 11 local authorities to be included in the Thames Gateway Cultural Development Fund.

Southend has so many wonderful organisations working within it, many of which are quite obviously there in plain sight such as IPECO, Adventure Island, and London Southend Airport to name a few. However, this is just the tip of the iceberg.

On Wednesday the 9th December Sir John Hayes, Conservative MP for South Holland and the Deepings secured a Westminster debate on diabetes.

Now the Christmas decorations have been put away and the New Year’s party gloom has shifted we now can reflect on the year that is now behind us.

James Duddridge, Member of Parliament for Rochford and Southend East, is asking residents to complete his online survey on the A127.

James Duddridge, Member of Parliament for Rochford and Southend East, has written a letter to the Chairman of the Wetherspoons chain of pubs, Tim Martin, to celebrate the United Kingdom leaving the European Union.

James Duddridge, Member of Parliament for Rochford and Southend East, has signed a letter written by Theresa Villiers MP to BBC boss, Lord Hall. The letter was signed by a number of Members of Parliament who have accused the BBC of bias towards a no deal Brexit by calling it a 'cliff edge'.

James Duddridge, Member of Parliament for Rochford and Southend East, is urging constituents to recycle the Christmas Cards they received over the holiday period.

James, who receives hundreds of Christmas cards every year and has recycled all of his, said,

James Duddridge, Member of Parliament for Rochford and Southend East, has welcomed the new reduced rail fares for young people.

The new railcard, which is now available to people aged 26-30 allows 4.5 million people to purchase train tickets with a discount of 1/3.

James Duddridge, Member of Parliament for Rochford and Southend East, has revealed what constituents have been contacting him about in 2018.