Joseph Baum, Deputy Chairman (Political) of Chesham and Amersham Conservatives, was last night elected to Chesham Town Council to represent the Townsend ward. In a hard-fought election which was also contested by Labour, the Liberal Democrats and the Green Party, the Conservative candidate emerged as the clear winner.

Our local MP, Dame Cheryl Gillan, has demanded that the government suspends all HS2 works in Buckinghamshire pending a review of the £100bn cost.

It is with great sadness and regret that Chesham and Amersham Conservative Association must inform you that Dame Cheryl Gillan's beloved husband, Jack Leeming, died on 23rd March after a three month illness.  We have lost a really great member of the team and a wonderful man.

Since Labour was last in government in 2010, unemployment in the Chesham and Amersham constituency has fallen by 54%.

On 30th January, Chesham and Amersham Conservatives were delighted to welcome Johnny Mercer, MP for Plymouth Moor View, to a dinner at the Coriander restaurant in Amersham.

The latest employment figures are great news for this area.

Unemployment in the Chesham & Amersham constituency has fallen 40% in the last 5 years.

By kind permission of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on Saturday 1st December Chesham and Amersham Conservative members enjoyed drinks and canapés at Dorneywood.

The event was attended by both our local Parliamentarians, Dame Cheryl Gillan DBE MP and Baroness Pidding of Amersham.

Our local MP, Dame Cheryl Gillan, joined Amersham residents (including the Mayor of Amersham) for the town's Christmas Festival this weekend.

Congratulations and thank you to all those who made the event such a huge success!

The government has announced plans to abolish the County & District Councils and to replace them with a single unitary council for the whole county (excluding Milton Keynes).

We were delighted to welcome The Rt Hon Brandon Lewis MP, Chairman of the Conservative Party, as special guest at our Association Annual Dinner at Harewood Downs Golf Club, Chalfont St Giles.