Caroline Dinenage is a Member of Parliament representing Gosport in the United Kingdom.

30 Messages

  Caroline Dinenage · [email protected]
June 30, 2026 at 5:27 PM

June 2026 Newsletter

Here we are at the end of a sizzling June, where even the hot news coming from Parliament was temporarily overshadowed by scorching temperatures when Gosport briefly held the UK record for hottest June day since 1976.   Meanwhile, at our Gosport constituency team HQ, here’s what’s ‘hot off the…
  Caroline Dinenage · [email protected]
May 30, 2026 at 4:13 PM

May 2026 Newsletter

As May draws to an end I can’t help reflecting on what an eventful and dramatic few weeks it’s been. Though it feels like a long time ago already, Local Elections for Gosport and Fareham Borough Councils and Hampshire County Council saw big changes to our political map. The most significant …
  Caroline Dinenage · [email protected]
May 1, 2026 at 9:27 AM

April 2026 Newsletter

April’s newsletter arrives just after Parliament has reached Prorogation. This means the first session of the Labour Government, which kicked off 21 months ago after the last General Election, has now concluded. The King’s Speech, on 13th May, will herald the start of the next chapter. The last…
  Caroline Dinenage · [email protected]
April 14, 2026 at 10:26 AM

Facebook Live Q&A with MP and Local Councillors

**Facebook Live Q&A** ===================== A reminder that I’ll be hosting another **Facebook Live Q&A** on **Friday 24th April** at **6pm**, alongside Gosport Borough and Hampshire County Councillors Stephen Philpott & Zoe Huggins. This is your chance to put your questions directly to t…
  Caroline Dinenage · [email protected]
March 31, 2026 at 2:36 PM

March 2026 Newsletter

March newsletter lands in your inbox ahead of what I hope will be a sunny Easter Bank Holiday weekend. I hope for many of you this will provide an opportunity to catch up with friends and loved ones and enjoy a little bit of chocolate! For those readers on duty in our emergency services, or in …
  Caroline Dinenage · [email protected]
March 18, 2026 at 2:54 PM

Facebook Live Q&A with MP and Local Councillors

**Facebook Live Q&A** ===================== Tomorrow, **Thursday 19th March**, at **6pm** I’ll be hosting a Facebook Live Q&A with the Leader of Gosport Conservatives, Cllr Stephen Philpott, and Deputy Leader Cllr Zoe Huggins. We’ll be talking about everything from the local elections com…
  Caroline Dinenage · [email protected]
February 28, 2026 at 7:17 PM

February 2026 Newsletter

My February newsletter lands in your inbox at a time when the arrests of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Peter Mandelson have dominated the headlines as revelations from the Epstein files continue to have repercussions in Westminster and beyond. The Leader of the Opposition, Kemi Badenoch has be…
  Caroline Dinenage · [email protected]
February 1, 2026 at 10:01 AM

January 2026 Newsletter

I should start January’s newsletter by wishing you a belated Happy New Year. Although the start of 2026, when hundreds of foolhardy souls, including my own son, braved the GAFIRS New Year’s Day swim in Stokes Bay, seems like ages ago! Life in both the Gosport Constituency and in Parliament is back i…
  Caroline Dinenage · [email protected]
December 31, 2025 at 11:55 AM

December 2025 Newsletter

December’s newsletter hits your inbox just in time for the New Year’s Eve preparations - and whether that’s a glitzy party, a family meal or a cosy night in front of the telly, I hope you have a lovely time. I feel like I skidded into the Christmas holiday season at full pelt, so it has been a …
  Caroline Dinenage · [email protected]
November 30, 2025 at 8:59 AM

November 2025 Newsletter

November’s newsletter lands in your inbox at the end of a very hectic week in Westminster. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, delivered her Autumn Budget. The announcement was preceded by weeks of trails, leaks and, in an unprecedented mistake, the Office for Budget Responsibility repor…
  Caroline Dinenage · [email protected]
October 31, 2025 at 2:45 PM

October 2025 Newsletter

It feels like October has passed in a flash, the clocks have gone back, the dark evenings are upon us and Halloween decorations are in place to spook any visiting trick-or-treaters. So, my mind is now turning to thoughts of Christmas and all the planning that needs to be done. Top of my ‘to do’…
  Caroline Dinenage · [email protected]
October 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM

September 2025 Newsletter

September’s newsletter lands just as Autumn begins to dig its heels in and the Party Political Conference season is upon us.    The Labour Party Conference has concluded, and those who followed it may have noticed some strong talk on legal and illegal immigration. No doubt this is in reaction …
  Caroline Dinenage · [email protected]
August 26, 2025 at 11:38 AM

Register Your Attendance: Southern Water Public Meeting

**Southern Water Public Meeting Invitation** Many of you have contacted me regarding the declining performance of Southern Water over the last couple of months.   I have, therefore, arranged a public meeting with their management team on Thursday 4th September to ensure that you have an o…
  Caroline Dinenage · [email protected]
August 1, 2025 at 10:53 AM

July 2025 Newsletter

July newsletter kicks off with huge congratulations to our Lionesses for their nail-biting victory at the Women’s Euro football finals.    The team’s resilience, determination and spirit made us all extremely proud.    I was very excited to watch the parade to celebrate the Lionesses’ ex…
  Caroline Dinenage · [email protected]
July 11, 2025 at 10:07 AM

🚨 CALL TO ACTION 🚨

**🚨 CALL TO ACTION 🚨** We are at crunch time for securing a second pharmacy in Lee-on-the-Solent. I have written a deputation to the NHS and I am now asking you to do so too.   Please consider doing the following things by **28 July**:   1. Write to [[email protected]](m…
  Caroline Dinenage · [email protected]
July 1, 2025 at 5:03 PM

June 2025 Newsletter

Just as this June newsletter hits your inbox, MPs are debating the contentious Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill, a piece of legislation that has caused difficulty for Labour backbenchers. In my view there’s no doubt we need to do something serious on welfare spending, which is…
  Caroline Dinenage · [email protected]
May 31, 2025 at 6:17 PM

May 2025 Newsletter

Regular readers will know that I am always keen to showcase our area to those I think could bring investment and opportunity and the early May sunshine offered the perfect backdrop to that. I [hosted]([link removed]) Lord Mendoza, Chair of Historic England, and his team for a visit to some of our…
  Caroline Dinenage · [email protected]
May 1, 2025 at 4:33 PM

April 2025 Newsletter

April concluded with glorious weather and equally positive news for Portsmouth FC fans that Pompey had secured their place in the Championship again for next season. Football was also on the agenda in Parliament, where the Football Governance Bill came to the House of Commons for its Second Reading.…
  Caroline Dinenage · [email protected]
April 1, 2025 at 11:39 AM

March 2025 Newsletter

As March comes to an end, Spring has definitely sprung and the clocks have sprung forward too. Meanwhile there have been so many developments and announcements in Parliament this month, I’m going to kick off this newsletter with a quick run-down on what’s changed and what this might mean for you. …
  Caroline Dinenage · [email protected]
March 1, 2025 at 12:25 PM

February 2025 Newsletter

As February draws to a close I am always mindful of the blessing that, while this is usually the dullest month of the year, it is also the shortest!    And luckily, there have been other blessings this month in abundance. It started with the fantastic news that the Children and Young People…
  Caroline Dinenage · [email protected]
January 31, 2025 at 7:14 PM

January 2025 Newsletter

Welcome to 2025 and my January newsletter. Our little team have certainly hit the ground running this year and are now cheering ourselves up through the gloomy weather with the thought that it’s only 50 days until the official start of spring!    This month has brought the coldest night of the w…
  Caroline Dinenage · [email protected]
December 31, 2024 at 12:01 PM

December 2024 Newsletter

December’s newsletter arrives in your inbox amidst busy preparations for the New Year celebration. I hope you all had a joyful Christmas time, took the chance to catch up with family and friends. With special thanks to those who work across Christmas keeping us safe and well.    I would like t…
  Caroline Dinenage · [email protected]
December 1, 2024 at 10:01 AM

November 2024 Newsletter

November’s newsletter reaches you as you may be thinking about dusting off the Christmas baubles and planning for the approaching festivities.    In my household that always includes a tree which features decorations made by my sons (now 17 and 22) when they were at pre-school. Including an an…
  Caroline Dinenage · [email protected]
October 31, 2024 at 4:50 PM

October 2024 Newsletter

The October newsletter hits your inbox on a spooky Halloween evening, only a day after a no less scary Chancellor's Budget in Westminster. It was long awaited and much trailed/leaked with early announcements around cutting Winter Fuel Payments for pensioners and imposing VAT on independent schools. …
  Caroline Dinenage · [email protected]
September 30, 2024 at 9:00 PM

September 2024 Newsletter

September has been a whirlwind of activity both in Parliament and across Gosport, Lee on the Solent, Stubbington and Hill Head.   In Westminster, I expressed my concerns about a number of new pieces of Government legislation that are already causing distress and uncertainty for many of my cons…
  Caroline Dinenage MP · [email protected]
July 31, 2024 at 1:35 PM

July 2024 Newsletter

Welcome back to my monthly newsletter - following my ‘General Election Thank You special' earlier this month, my normal scheduled service has now resumed!   And no sooner was the ink dry on all those ballot papers, I was straight back to work in Westminster, where I had the privilege of being …
  Caroline Dinenage · [email protected]
July 10, 2024 at 12:57 PM

Thank You

First and foremost, I would like to express my sincerest thanks to all those who played a part in re-electing me as your MP in the recent General Election. I have spent the past six weeks meeting as many of you across Gosport, Lee on Solent, Stubbington and Hill Head as I could, and it was a great p…
  Caroline Dinenage MP · [email protected]
May 29, 2024 at 4:04 PM

May 2024 Newsletter

This month’s newsletter is hitting your inboxes a little earlier than usual because, as I am sure you will have spotted, the General Election date has now been set for 4th July.  This means that from tomorrow Parliament is dissolved and I cease to be an MP and become a Candidate for the remaining el…
  Caroline Dinenage MP · [email protected]
May 2, 2024 at 5:33 AM

Election Day Special

Today is your opportunity to have your say in how Gosport and Fareham are run. You have a choice: to vote Conservative for strong, well-run Councils that deliver low council tax and fight hard in the interests of residents across Gosport, Stubbington, Hill Head and Lee-on-the-Solent. Or, risk it …
  Caroline Dinenage MP · [email protected]
April 30, 2024 at 7:31 PM

April 2024 Newsletter

The first two weeks of April coincided with Parliamentary recess, and with no complex legislation to review or debate in the Chamber, I was glad to spend more time working from my Constituency office and supervising the GCSE preparation of one of my sons, a task I consider no less challenging!   …