National Campaigns

Second homes in West Dorset will be subject to a 100% Council Tax premium from 1st April 2025, following Chris Loder MP’s sustained campaign.

Chris Loder, MP for West Dorset, has hailed the announcement today that the Energy Regulator OFGEM has dropped the energy price cap to the lowest level since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 caused an unprecedented spike in energy prices.

Chris Loder, MP for West Dorset, paid tribute to the millions of lives lost to genocide at Dorchester’s Holocaust Memorial Day on the 27th January. The theme of the event this year was the ‘Fragility of Freedom’.

Chris Loder, MP for West Dorset, has issued a statement on the Ministry of Defence’s decision to temporarily accommodate up to 250 people from Afghanistan at Chickerell Camp who have supported the British Armed Forces in their work.

Chris Loder, MP for West Dorset, has welcomed the announcement of a new Local Nutrient Mitigation Fund.

Chris Loder, MP for West Dorset, led a well-attended Westminster Hall debate on the 29th November to demand substantive action for a fairer system of taxation and service provision for rural residents.

Chris Loder, MP for West Dorset, has welcomed the policies of the Autumn Statement announced last week (22nd November), many of which reflect the demands the local MP made to the Chancellor at a recent meeting in September.

Chris Loder, MP for West Dorset, has hailed the inclusion of the proposed Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Bill in the King’s Speech delivered on the 7th November.

Chris Loder has been reselected as the Conservative Party Parliamentary Candidate to contest the West Dorset constituency at the next General Election. Mr Loder is the current Member of Parliament for the constituency and has served since his inaugural election in December 2019.

Chris Loder, MP for West Dorset, hosted a summit on the 9th November with the Farming Minister, Mark Spencer at Kingston Maurward College. The local MP was joined by over 40 NFU farmers and South Dorset’s MP, Richard Drax.