Fifty of Michael Fabricant’s general election campaign team travelled by
coach from Staffordshire to the House of Commons to celebrate the result
at the general election in the Lichfield constituency when his majority
increased to over 7,000. It had been just 238 in 1997. While on the
Terrace of the Commons they met Michael’s team who work for him as a
Member of Parliament which gave them a useful insight into how the
office works. Constituents may find this of interest too.

The photograph shows, left to right:-

Mrs Jean Simpson. She heads up the office in Lichfield and, among many
other things, supervises Michael’s surgeries. Joanne (Jo) Godwin. Joanne is Michael’s Parliamentary Assistant at the
House of Commons. A former Metropolitan Police officer, Jo is an
experienced Commons staffer who ‘keeps Michael in order!’. She handles
telephone calls from constituents (phone calls to Lichfield are diverted
down to Westminster), organises Michael’s busy diary, and deals with the
large daily post bag. Michael. Mrs Christine Bowden. Christine reminded Michael that he first
recruited her as a secretary 25 years ago to work with his broadcast
engineering company. How time flies…….. Christine Bowden is
Michael’s correspondence secretary writing letters not only to
constituents, but also to Government ministers and agencies on the
behalf of constituents.

Michael Fabricant says "It is this strong team that enables me to
provide a consistent and prompt service to constituents. And it
operates even during Parliamentary recess. So during the summer when
Parliament isn’t sitting, constituents needing to contact me should
still write to me at the House of Commons in London. Writing to me in
Lichfield can sometimes delay the response. Alternatively, I can be
emailed through the webform located on my website – which is easily
found by entering my name in Google or in a similar search engine. The
advantage of being called ‘Michael Fabricant’ as opposed to ‘Smith’."