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It could now be less than 7 weeks till Gordon Brown finally calls the General Election. We will be using the time to hold the Government to account and to campaign for the new policies which Warrington and the country now need so badly.

We must not permit Gordon Brown and his tired and ineffective Government  another 5 years.  Britain is a great country and Warrington is a great place to live. But things could be so much better.

We are campaigning hard and winning. Our membership has increased by over 50% in the last year. We have a very active Conservative Future Branch and younger members are especially welcome.

Best Wishes

David Mowat                                                 
Prospective MP
Warrington South

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Warrington Jobs Club:

Sign Up for Next Session Now (starts on January 16th at 1 Stafford Road):

We kicked off our Jobs Club in April and the first session completed in early July. Over 60% of those that attended are now in work or full time training. We had a similar success rate from the second running of the course which completed in early December.
We are kicking the club off again on Saturday January 16th.

For an application form give us a call on 231267 or follow the link to download a form.

For more on the Club.

Warrington NHS and Childcare Survey:

During the second half of 2009 we have conducted the largest ever survey into health and childcare priorities in the constituency. Over 30,000 surveys were delivered and we have received about 3000 responses.  In summary,  the overall position is positive with a majority of residents rating both the hospital and the overall NHS as good or excellent.  Where issues exist we have taken them to the relevant Healthcare Managers.

Principal areas of concern are:

-Over 50% of residents who have tried to register with an NHS dentist in the last two years have found it "difficult or impossible".

-About 7% feel that their GP appointment is rushed.

-30%of residents have difficulty booking an appointment when required or convenient.

-Over 90% of residents are against the introduction of polyclinics unless accompanied by an upgrade in GP services.

-Over 20% of residents had difficulty accessing family planning services.

For a full analysis of results and also the health statistics for the town follow this link.  One issue that has become apparent in the follow up work to our survey is that while Warrington has slightly lower health outcomes than the average for England we also receive lower funding than the England average.  If we received the same as average we would be over £10m/year better off.......that is enough for  at least a 100 extra nurses and doctors.

I do not believe our current MP has fought for the town on this allocation in the way that many MP's do. If elected I will. Download Full Survey Results Here.

Update: We are pleased to report that the PCT plan to commission more NHS dentistry capacity in Lymm from 2010.


Mersey Gateway Bridge Toll:

The Government is now refusing to fund this critical piece of infrastructure for the North West. There is a proposal to finance the scheme with a toll which, according to traffic modelling will increase the flows through Warrington by up to 5-10%. This will impact Appleton, Great Sankey, Stockton Heath, Penketh and parts of Lymm. The town is already congested enough, we should not allow the Government to just dump more traffic here. Other parts of the country are having similar schemes funded. Ours should be too.

Over 3500 signatures have now been collected and were recently delivered to Shadow Minister of State for Transport Teresa Villiers. Sign Our Online Petition.

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Update December 2nd: I have recently met with both the Project Director and the chief Executive of Halton. I impressed upon them how important it is for Warrington that any toll is kept as low as possible. There remains a risk that Halton will try to raise additional revenues through an even higher toll which will drive more traffic into Warrington.

Jobs on the Omega Site:

Update November 11th

Ministry of Justice confirm to David Mowat that Omega is not under consideration as a potential site for a new prison. He condemns local politicians who have scared residents for their own advantage.


Like nearly everybody else in Warrington I am delighted that after a campaign lasting over 6 months the Government has now decided to abandon plans for a massive 2,500 inmate Titan prison on the Omega Site. Local Conservatives were joined by William Hague in April in a final push to prevent Jack Straw going ahead. Congratulations also to members of the WRAPP group who have campaigned long and hard on this. Read More.

But a major problem remains. Little substantial has happened on the Omega Site for a decade and there seems to be no plans to drive forward the development. Until the Council begin to take seriously the need to make progress with developing a business park there will be a risk of a smaller prison or something equally unacceptable such as an incinerator. Keep fighting for jobs on Omega. We will.

Latest Local News:     
                                                                                            
 February 8th  Mowat calls for improvements to Warrington's Broadband infrastructure, Warrington needs faster broadband, not a phone line tax says Prospective MP. more...
 February 5th Pass Contaminated Blood Bill now urges Mowat – David Mowat gives his support to a cross-party campaign to compensate those who contracted Hepatitis C when they were given contaminated blood in the 1980s. Read more…
 January 31st  Give hard-pressed council taxpayers a break says Prospective MP David Mowat, as new figures show a huge rise in the use of court orders and bailiffs to collect Council Tax. Read the full story here
 January 26th

Latest Economic Growth figures are not much to brag about says David Mowat, as the ONS announces that the economic grew by only 0.1% in the last quarter of 2009. Read More

 January 25th  More needs to be done to tackle crime in Warrington, David Mowat praises Conservative proposals to help tackle local crime and to give residents more power to deal with crime in their area. Read More
January 18th David Mowat calls for more and better Government help for small businesses, businessees across Warrington are suffering due to Labour's recession and yet the Government is smothering them with red tape and clobbering them when they need help most  Read More. 
January 14th Philip Hammond, Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, visits Warrington and discusses future of development agency with senior managers. Read More.  
December 31st
 MP Expenses. Mowat reaffirms his personal expenses policy. He is the only candidate at this General Election to have one. Read More.
December 19th
 Conservative Proposals on Community Assets offer lifeline to Lymm Community Centre. Read More. 
December 17th  Mowat condemns poor reporting of audit commission comments on Warrington. Daily Telegraph article was "lazy and sloppy". Read more for full letter written to Daily Telegraph.
December 5th
 Mowat meets Wolves Players and adds his congratulations to those of the rest of the town. Read More. 
December 1st
 Autumn Jobs Clubs Awards Ceremony: With 60% of attendees in work or full time training. Read More.
November 15th
 David Mowat today voiced his opposition to plans to scrap disability benefits for the elderly in Warrington. The small print of Labour’s plans to create a National Care Service reveals they will scrap Attendance Allowance and Disability Living Allowance for pensioners to pay for it. Read More.
November 16th
 Jeremy Hunt ,Shadow Minister for culture, hosts media summit in Warrington. Read More.
November 11th
 Mowat receives assurance from Ministry of Justice regarding new prison proposals. Omega will not be the site of a new Titan prison. Read More. 
November 1st
 Mowat applauds Government U turn on territorial army bases. Warrington base reprieved. Read More.
October 27th David Mowat presents important award to Thelwall Cub Scouts. Read More.
October 23rd
 New Housing Benefit Rules are letting down the most vulnerable. Over 11,000 Warrington residents potentially affected. Read More.  
October 12th
 Largest Ever Health and Childcare Survey across Warrington has now been published. Download here.
October 7th
 Mowat speaks out at conference fringe for improved rail links. Both the Manchester Hub project and more electrification are important. Read More. 
Sept 27th
 Mowat warns that power cuts are inevitable unless Government make better progress on power station construction. We need nuclear, wind, solar and tidal commissioning to be stepped up or there will be blackouts. Read More.
 Sept 19th
 David Mowat welcomes Conservative Plans to roll back the surveillance state. Warrington has been selected as a pilot for contact database. Read More.
 Sept 11th
 Warrington Football Club joins other groups(such as churches and scout huts) clobbered by the Government's new rain tax. We have just received a bill for over £10,000 up 200%..........Read More.
 August 31st
 David Mowat condemns Labour's performance on social mobility. Recent OECD report confirms UK mobility continues to decline. Read More.
 August 15th
 High Speed Rail link vital for Warrington. David Mowat has welcomed Network Rails plans to study the feasibility of a super high speed link between London and the North West. But Plans to electrify the Liverpool Manchester Line have selected the wrong line. It is important for Warrington we get this fixed. Read More.
 August 3rd
 NHS Survey Launched Across Town. During August we will be delivering  our NHS and childcare Survey to approximately 30,000 homes across the town.  Results will be avalable on this site in September.  Download Survey.
 July 31st
 Warrington Conservative Future produces new updated web site. We now have more under 18 members than Labour and the LibDems combined. Come and join the future. Link.
 July 18th
 David Mowat was proud to be one of those at Warrington Football Club who welcomed the crew of nuclear submarine HMS Turbulent to the town. Read More.
 July 12th
 Disability Awareness Day. David Mowat applauds another success as the day gets even bigger and better. He is pleased to lend a hand. Read More.
 June 16th
 Mrs Southworth's Decision. David Mowat wishes current Warrington South MP all the best for the future. Read More.
 June 4th
 European Election. Conservatives Top poll in Warrington. Over 7% swing from Labour would easily be enough to win seat in general election. Read More.


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