Fran Carpenter
@CllrCarpenter
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Conservative candidate for New Milton North, Milford & Hordle Division (including Everton, Tiptoe & Keyhaven), Hampshire County Council elections, May 7th 2026
New Forest, Hampshire
Joined October 2016
Will you support my petition to stop the cruel practice of non-stun slaughter of animals, without exception, in the UK? Thank you. Fran (Please share far and wide.)
petition.parliament.uk
We call on the UK Government to require that all animals are rendered unconscious before slaughter, without exception.
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Will you support my petition to stop the cruel practice of non-stun slaughter of animals, without exception, in the UK? Thank you. Fran (Please share far and wide.)
petition.parliament.uk
We call on the UK Government to require that all animals are rendered unconscious before slaughter, without exception.
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Reform’s new councillor in Newark quit after 6 days. He left residents with no voice and abandoned those who put their trust in him. So I was in Newark today backing Keith Girling, a respected veteran and active member of the community who will ALWAYS stand up for Newark West.
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Hampshire residents will be voting in the Hampshire County Council elections on Thursday 7 May 2026. Make sure you're registered to vote by 20 April - you can register online 👉 https://t.co/QibNVxbr0U
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Hampshire County Council has approved its 2026/27 budget, including a 4.99% council tax increase. For most households, this is around £1.54 extra a week to help protect essential services, including care and support for vulnerable children and adults.
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Rachel Reeves is in a parallel universe 🧑🚀 She needs to get out and talk to people in the real world to see the harm she is doing. The @Conservatives are the only Party with a plan to get Britain working again.
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Breaking: Former Leader of Reform UK in Cornwall joins the @Conservatives “I resigned as Leader of Reform UK because they were not serious about delivering change”. A councillor with real world defence industry experience who believes in lower taxes, protecting frontline
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Returned the favour and 'ambushed' @MartinSLewis in my office today with a group of graduates suffering under Plan 2 loan repayments! But good on him for coming over to Parliament for round 2 of our debate on my plan to cut interest rates on student loans. Martin and I don't
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Hi @MartinSLewis, thank you. I really appreciate that, and honestly, don’t worry. I do love a feisty debate! It helps people understand what the real issues are. You and I agree on the principle: student loans have become a scam. It took me eight years to pay mine off. I made
Dear @KemiBadenoch, apologies for gate crashing your @GMB interview today. Student loans are so life-impacting that I wanted to ensure the key point was made - that financially, if not psychologically, the repayment threshold is a bigger issue than the interest, (as I explain
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Dear @KemiBadenoch, apologies for gate crashing your @GMB interview today. Student loans are so life-impacting that I wanted to ensure the key point was made - that financially, if not psychologically, the repayment threshold is a bigger issue than the interest, (as I explain
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Hampshire's Budget 2026/27: Why Councils Nationally Are Under Pressure — And What It Means for Hampshire “You’ve probably seen the headlines about councils across the country facing serious financial pressure. Hampshire is not alone" #Hampshire #localgovernment #council
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During my leadership campaign, someone asked me to summarise my economic objectives in one sentence. I replied: “To deliver a high-growth, low-immigration economy.” Right now, Britain has the opposite: a low-growth, high-immigration economy. It’s young people who are paying the
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Put up or put a sock in it, Europe. Continental leaders talk big about autonomy and independence from the U.S., but it’s all bluster, writes Boris Johnson @BorisJohnson
https://t.co/4Hk0hDCzEP
wsj.com
Continental leaders talk big about autonomy and independence from the U.S., but it’s all bluster.
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We've been campaigning against the Chagos Islands Surrender from the very beginning. And we won't stop until this terrible deal is dead and buried. Join the fight:
whatlaboursaid.com
Keir Starmer has signed away vital strategic British territory to an ally of China, and making us pay £35 billion for the privilege....
CHAGOS UPDATE: Iain Duncan Smith has briefed me on his meetings this week with the Department for War, State Department, NSC and the White House on stopping the Chagos Surrender. My Shadow Foreign Secretary @pritipatel is flying to Washington this weekend for further meetings.
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It's Pancake Day! And Keir Starmer is celebrating his 15th successful flip since getting into power. But can you match his high score? Try your luck with our brand-new interactive game (available on your desktop browser) 👇 https://t.co/pmCf9IPnQs
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Since they came into government Labour has broken promises on taxation, getting welfare spending under control and much more
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Does Keir Starmer ever look in the mirror and ask himself if the real problem is staring him in the face?
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Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar calls on Keir Starmer to resign. Tick tock. https://t.co/QSAjFaz0wh
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Yesterday, @Nigel_Farage tried to claim that Reform "never once" promised to cut council tax. Well, they did. And we kept the receipts.
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Keir Starmer on Peter Mandelson: Then vs Now. The only difference? He got caught.
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