Our new MP for Ipswich, Tom Hunt, made his maiden speech in the House of Commons a few days ago.

At Wednesday's meeting of the full Ipswich Borough Council, the Labour Executive which runs the council, rejected the opportunity for Ipswich to have a celebration of Brexit on 31st January nor replace the EU flag by the Flag of Suffolk.

Tom reports on his current priorities in Parliament. See his video here.

Firstly, I hope everyone had a great Christmas and I wish everyone in Ipswich are happy New Year! Ipswich is a great place to be at this time of year, our fantastic pubs are alive with merriment and there are so many carol services it’s been impossible for me to even try and get to everyone.

May we wish a Merry Christmas to residents of Ipswich from all of us from the Ipswich Conservative Association- Councillors, Tom Hunt MP, and the Executive Council. 

A quick message at the end of my first week in Parliament -- I will put Ipswich first.

It has been the greatest honour of my life to have been elected as the Member of Parliament for Ipswich in the early hours of Friday morning. 

Congratulations to Tom Hunt who has been elected as the new Conservative MP for Ipswich.

Our thanks to the 24,952 people in the constituency who have voted for Tom.

The other results were-

Green party 1283

Lib-dems 2439

Labour 19,473

On Thursday, you have the chance to end the gridlock.

No more arguments. It’s time to end the uncertainty.

Let’s be honest. The country has been stuck in a rut.

Parliament has spent the last three years going round in circles – agreeing on nothing except more arguments.

Since early November we've spoken to over 8,000 people across the Town. The need to tackle crime has come up time and time again. Its been the number one local issue raised directly with me. If elected there will be no greater priority for me than working to tackle crime across Town.