Up early with the lark and then off to Dorchester to meet up with council leaders, officials and councillors to discuss the future re-organisation of local government. The hope is to have two unitaries: a western, made up of the six rural councils, and an eastern which combines Christchurch, Bournemouth and Poole. The nine councils have done well to communicate their way to this point, but it's not going to be so easy from now on. Three of them - Purbeck, EDDC and Christchurch - have voted to it alone. Whether that's practical and financially possible is anyone's guess at this moment in time. The meeting lasted about 90 minutes and was most helpful and informative. Then back to the office for some routine matters, before heading to Weymouth to canvass with one of our county council candidates. I always enjoy this and on a cold evening we met many constituents and listened to concerns when expressed. Meanwhile, the Party did brilliantly in the Copeland by-election where Trudy Harrison took the seat off Labour for the first time in 80 years. It is a remarkable victory and only reinforces what I am finding in my constituency that Labour voters are turning to Mrs May, based on her calls that everyone should benefit from the country's wealth. In Stoke-on-Trent, Labour held, but our share of the vote increased, while Labour's majority was halved. All good news.