Rehman Chishti opposes dock storage of ammonium nitrate
Parliamentary candidate collects signatures for petition against proposal
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Cllr Rehman Chishti has launched a campaign against proposals to store ammonium nitrate at Chatham Docks. Cllr Chishti said, "a large number of people raised this issue with me. I am firmly opposed to the storage of a potentially dangerous substance in residential areas". |
Young Conservatives meet Francis Maude MP
Visit to House of Commons proves to be very enjoyable
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Gillingham and Rainham Conservatives, along with Parliamentary candidate Rehman Chishti, visited the House of Commons last week. Whilst there the, the group of seven Conservatives had drinks with the Rt Hon Francis Made MP, Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office. |
Councillor David Carr elected to be next Mayor of Medway
Rainham North Councillor accepted election on March 3
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David Carr, Councillor for Rainham North, has been elected to be the next Mayor of Medway. At the Conservative Group Meeting held on March 3, Cllr Carr was elected to be Mayor, along with Cllr Ted Baker of Rochester, a previous Mayor, was elected Deputy Mayor. |
Rehman Chishti visits Age Concern, Gillingham
Visit follows fundraising half marathon for charity
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Last year Rehman Chishti ran a half marathon raising money for Gillingham Age Concern. The Gillingham Parliamentary Candidate for the Conservatives ran the Isle of Wight half marathon to help towards fundraising for the purchase of a new podietry chair. |
Campaigning at Maidstone
Gillingham and Rainham Conservatives helping their sisters
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On 1st March, activists from Gillingham and Rainham Conservatives went to help Maidstone with their coming local authority election campaign, along with the two PPCs Rehman Chishti Helen Grant. Maidstone is currently 'no over all control'. |
Rehman Chishti Addresses a Republican Presidential Caucus
Gillingham and Rainham Councillor spoke in Kansas as people voted
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Rehman Chishti, the Conservative Party Parliamentary Candidate for Gillingham and Rainham, has just returned from his official visit to the United States observing the presidential elections. He also addressed the packed Republican Party caucus in Kansas. |
Benazir Bhutto 1954-2007
Chairman and Parliamentary Candidate pay tribute
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It is with great sadness that we pay this tribute to the life and work of Benazir Bhutto, who was cruelly assassinated on 27th December 2007. Ms Bhutto was our guest at a dinner on 26th August 2007. We were priveleged to have met her. |
Benazir Bhutto speaks to Gillingham and Rainham Conservatives
The Hon. Ms Bhutto announces support for Parliamentary Candidate
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Twice former Prime Minister of Pakistan The Hon. Ms Benazir Bhutto spoke to Gillingham and Rainham Conservatives at an event at the Corn Exchange, Rochester. Ms Bhutto, was invited by Conservative Parliamentary Candidate Cllr Rehman Chishti. |
Rehman Chishti runs for Age Concern
"This was certainly tough, but certainly worth it" says Cllr Chishti
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Rehman Chishti, the Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for Gillingham and Rainham, ran the Jersey half Marathon for Gillingham Age Concern on Sunday, November 18, 2007 and in 2 hours and 17 mins, a personal best for the Rainham Central Councillor. |
Rehman Chishti remembers fallen soldiers
Parliamentary Candidate joins ex-servicemen for remembrance service
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Cllr Rehman Chishti attended a service of remembrance for fallen soldiers on Sunday, November 11. The Rainham Central Councillor laid a wreath at the memorial in Mill Road, Gillingham, before the service of remembrance at St Mark's Church. |
Parliamentary Spokesman calls for more police
Hundreds of residents sign petition in support
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The Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for Gillingham and Rainham launched a campaign on Saturday, July 28 in Gillingham High Street, asking local residents to sign his petition calling on the government to provide more police officers for gillingham and Rainham. |
You voted blue this May
So we've gone green
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Rainham North Councillors Vaughan Hewett and David Carr were so enthused by David Cameron’s efforts to make the Conservative Party and their Councils green, that they have bought all 33 Medway Conservative Councillors an energy saving light bulb. |
Councillor Chishti selected to fight election
Chishti beat off competition from over 100 applicants
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Rainham Central Councillor Rehman Chishti was elected Parliamentary Candidate for Gillingham and Rainham at a special meeting of the Association on July 1, beating off competition from over 100 applicants. |
Age Concern Gillingham Flower Festival
"Great to see these people so talented", Councillor says
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Councillor Vaughan Hewett and BBC South East reporter Rob Smith were at the opening of Age Concern’s Flower Festival, which ran from Monday 14th May through to Friday 18th May 2007 at the Age Concern centre in Woodlands Road, Gillingham. |
"The Conservatives have not abandoned Grammar Schools"
Association Chairman, Brigita Amey, responds to concerned parents
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Following an e-mail from a concerned RMGS student's parent, the Chairman of the Gillingham and Rainham Conservatives Association released the following statement. "The Conservatives both nationally and locally have not abandoned Grammar Schools". |
Conservative Councillors Pledge to Grammar School Heads
"Medway's Conservative Council will always back Grammar Schools"
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Conservative Councillors in Medway have pledged their support for Grammar Schools, following a successful meeting with the Headteachers of the main Grammar Schools of Medway. |
Conservatives set to welcome youngest Cabinet member
Cllr Chishti in line for role alongside existing Medway Council Cabinet members
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Cllr Rehman Chishti looks set to become the youngest Conservative Cabinet member on Medway Council, as portfolio holder for Community Safety and Enforcement. Cllr Chishti was amongst the nine councillors Conservative Group Leader Cllr Chambers will appoint. |
Conservatives pledge to keep weekly waste collections
Conservative Council
blamed for Labour Government plans
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Labour candidates in next Thursday's Local Elections are blaming Medway's Conservative run council for plans being proposed by their own Government. They are telling residents that the Conservatives will introduce fortnightly rubbish collections. |
Sir David Frost backs Councillor Rehman Chishti
Frost delighted to support Councillor's half marathon
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Sir David Frost (a former Gillingham boy himself) has backed Councillor Rehman Chishti to run the Isle of Wight Half Marathon, in order to raise money for the much needed St Margarets Church roof appeal fund. |
Shadow Minister visits Gillingham & Rainham for a day in the country
Peter Ainsworth MP visits our green spaces and talks to residents
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Peter Ainsworth MP, the Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, took the opportunity to visit the green spaces your Conservative representatives are working to preserve in Gillingham and Rainham. |
Councillor Rehman Chishti runs the Reading Half Marathon
Money raised for charity and Gillingham & Rainham Conservatives
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Conservative Cllr Rehman Chishti is celebrating his successful running of the Reading Half Marathon, which took place on the 24th of March to raise money for good causes in Rainham and Gillingham and the victims of the tragic Kashmir Earthquake. |