Richard Drax

Representing South Dorset as your MP continues to prove rewarding, challenging and inspiring. I have enjoyed meeting so many of you and hope to meet many more. I have backed campaigns to retain the Portland search and rescue helicopter, the Coastguard co-ordination centre and school crossing patrols and am involved in initiatives to reform the European Arrest Warrant and fishing quotas. I will not stop there. I have spoken up for keeping our defences strong and our borders secure. I believe our businesses need lower taxes and a helping hand. I continue to speak out whenever possible against the creeping influence of the EU. I undertake to represent you and your concerns fairly and honestly, no matter what your politics are. And I consider it a privilege to do so. (Picture by Brian Jung, courtesy of Dorset Echo)