Mark in the Media

Find a list below of some of my media and press appearances.

Proposals to upgrade M1 junction in Derbyshire at an ‘early stage’ as roundtable event held | Derbyshire Times

'Frightened' victim wants law change as number of sex offenders removed from register revealed (msn.com)

July 2023 M1 junction in Derbyshire set to be redesigned as drivers face 1,100 hours of delays costing over £4.5m per year | Derbyshire Times

June 2023 Bolsover business owner recognised as a local businesschampion at reception held at 10 Downing Street | Derbyshire Times

MPs call for end to sex offender name changes - BBC News

Westminster WAGs: Who’d marry an MP? – POLITICO

Derbyshire Tory MP pledges ‘full support’ for PM Boris Johnson ahead of confidence vote | Derbyshire Times

Mark Fletcher: 'Wrestling rivals politics for bravado' - BBC News

MP visits Derbyshire school to witness support on offer for pupils with special needs and disabilities | Derbyshire Times

Domestic Abuse Bill: Bolsover MP Mark Fletcher's 'courageous' speech - BBC News

May 2023 MPs to gather in Westminster to call for improvements to M1 junction near Mansfield | Mansfield and Ashfield Chad

May 2023 Derbyshire MP and business leaders call on Government to upgrade M1 junction “causing misery” for residents | Derbyshire Times

March 2023 Bolsover MP Mark Fletcher backs Prime Minister’s plans to stop boats crossing channel | Derbyshire Times

March 2023 Conservative MP reveals he was victim of domestic abuse as a child (gbnews.com)

Feb 2023 'Sex offenders must not change their names to escape their past' - says Derbyshire MP | Derbyshire Times

Feb 2023 MP hails work of South Normanton male mental health hospital after visit | Mansfield and Ashfield Chad

January 2023 Delays at major motorway junction for Mansfield and Ashfield ‘costing economy more than 1,000 hours and £4m’ | Mansfield and Ashfield Chad

January 2023 Controversial Calow affordable housing development refused | Derbyshire Times

January 2023 Proposals submitted for new sixth form in Bolsover | Mansfield and Ashfield Chad

Dec 2022 'I don't want to see somebody get killed' - says former council chairman over 'dangerous' overgrown bush | Mansfield and Ashfield Chad

September 2022 Tory anger at lifting fracking moratorium – what MPs said – DRILL OR DROP?

July 2022 Derbyshire MP quits role and calls Boris Johnson a sexual assault apologist - Derbyshire Live (derbytelegraph.co.uk)

May 2022 ‘Bolsover needs a sixth form’ says MP in talks with Education Secretary | Derbyshire Times

‘Bolsover needs a sixth form’ says MP in talks with Education Secretary | Derbyshire Times

May 2022 Midlands Connect | Overwhelming support to improve Junction 28 of M1

May 2022 Shirebrook MP calls for better access to dentists for his constituents | Mansfield and Ashfield Chad

March 2022 Mark Fletcher MP visits The Green Infant School to see transformed facilities and new reading areas | Flying High Partnership

Feb 2022 Government urged to remove safeguarding zones around axed HS2 near Mansfield and Ashfield | Mansfield and Ashfield Chad

June 2021 Bolsover’s SRS Rail System hosts Mark Fletcher MP as vital local rail industry reopens for visitors (riagb.org.uk)

April 2021 Mark Fletcher: 'Wrestling rivals politics for bravado' - BBC News

October 2020 Mark Fletcher MP on domestic abuse in his childhood - BBC News

August 2020 MP praises ‘innovative and brilliant’ Derbyshire manufacturer | Bdaily

Derby Telegraph

26th August 2021 - 'Big improvements' needed at M1 junction, says MP - Derbyshire Live (derbytelegraph.co.uk)

1st July 2021 - Plans for developing Bolsover after 'historic levels of under-investment' - Derbyshire Live (derbytelegraph.co.uk)

28th June 2021 - UK government looking to tackle dog theft 'black market', MPs told - Derbyshire Live (derbytelegraph.co.uk)

13th May 2021 - Elections 2021: Labour's heavy losses in Derbyshire are a stark warning it cannot ignore - Derbyshire Live (derbytelegraph.co.uk)

28th April 2021 - Bolsover North is a crucial seat for Labour and Tories in 2021 elections - Derbyshire Live (derbytelegraph.co.uk)

4th March 2021 - 60,000 jobs on way as huge business-friendly site approved for Derbyshire - Derbyshire Live (derbytelegraph.co.uk)

10th February 2021 - MPs back bid for East Midlands freeport and 60,000 new jobs - Derbyshire Live (derbytelegraph.co.uk)

26 November 2020 - Chesterfield and North Derbyshire leaders disappointed by 'disastrous' Tier 3 decision - Derbyshire Live (derbytelegraph.co.uk)

29th October 2020 - https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/derby-news/rate-covid-19-infections-rising-4652400

22nd October 2020 - https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/derby-news/live-updates-derby-schools-announce-4629431

2nd September 2020 - https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/local-news/chesterfield-firm-wins-praise-creating-4475277

29th April 2020 - https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/local-news/derbyshire-mp-recalls-difficult-childhood-4088589

16th Jan 2020 - https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/local-news/dennis-skinner-statue-mp-bolsover-3744234

13th December 2019 - https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/local-news/labour-lost-derbyshire-seats-general-3640372

13th December 2019 - https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/local-news/end-era-dennis-skinner-ousted-3640095

13th December 2019 - https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/derby-news/general-election-derby-derbyshire-results-3628377

11 December 2019 - https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/derby-news/last-major-general-election-2019-3630319

28th November 2019 - https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/derby-news/full-details-bolsover-general-election-3533191

Derbyshire Times

25th March 2022 'The arts are vital for our communities' say MPs in the House of Commons as they congratulate Bolsover Drama Group on 40th anniversary | Derbyshire Times

12th October 2021 - https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/news/transport/petition-launched-calling-for-improvements-to-major-derbyshire-m1-junction-3416101?fbclid=IwAR3Wd6y3dESxj96FI2uZZvAwl51c5zfI9wj4FoAzxHz7Oi5pt-WHZyVX_KA

12th October 2021 - https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/education/mp-visits-derbyshire-school-to-witness-support-on-offer-for-pupils-with-special-needs-and-disabilities-3415969

20th September 2021 - https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/news/transport/parents-urged-to-park-responsibly-as-council-eyes-road-safety-schemes-near-derbyshire-schools-3389304

24th August 2021 - Calls for funding to improve notorious M1 junction in Derbyshire | Derbyshire Times

11th August 2021 - https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/news/opinion/columnists/mark-fletcher…

27th July 2021 - https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/news/politics/mp-launches-survey-to-h…;

30th June 2021 - https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/news/opinion/columnists/mark-fletcher…

13th June 2021 - https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/news/environment/derbyshire-residents-demand-full-council-debate-about-controversial-village-homes-development-3272847 

7th June 2021 - https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/news/people/bolsover-mp-given-first-hand-experience-during-visit-to-road-rail-lorry-specialists-326545

4th June 2021 - http://web.archive.org/web/20210610093746/https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/news/opinion/columnists/mark-fletcher-mp-column-under-fire-bbc-feels-a-million-miles-away-from-life-in-bolsover-3265239?fbclid=IwAR12EfqbSx_BQimQfqHPHr6UM0jZMJzCjKM1XIBwJt2msSTNgOIpRxkhF1w

3rd June 2021 - https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/lifestyle/homes-and-gardens/first-homes-scheme-to-help-first-time-buyers-get-on-housing-ladder-launches-in-derbyshire-3261638

20th May 2021 - https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/news/people/government-minister-oliver-dowden-visits-bolsover-castle-3245119

19th May 2021 - https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/news/people/you-cannot-underestimate-the-importance-of-the-tourism-industry-to-derbyshire-3242205

23rd February 2021 - https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/news/people/calls-for-new-link-road-in-shirebrook-to-give-area-a-major-boost-3145223

22nd February 2021 - https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/news/people/bolsover-mp-vaccinating-vulnerable-is-only-the-first-hurdle-3143729

31st January 2021 - https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/education/mps-praise-chesterfield-college-hard-work-supporting-students-during-lockdown-3119510

28th October 2020 - https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/health/coronavirus/whole-derbyshire-enter-tier-2-3019319

25th October 2020 - https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/news/politics/free-school-meals-derbyshire-mps-explain-why-they-refused-support-marcus-rashfords-campaign-3015575

18th October 2020 - https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/health/coronavirus/coronavirus-mps-respond-after-north-derbyshire-put-high-alert-3007990

1st September 2020 - https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/business/consumer/derbyshire-firm-which-has-created-new-jobs-during-pandemic-hailed-brilliant-2958635

27th August 2020 - https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/news/people/something-unusual-happening-bolsover-and-people-are-happy-about-it-2954972

2nd August 2020 - https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/news/people/100-low-paid-derbyshire-workers-could-finally-receive-pay-out-over-tax-free-bonuses-scandal-2931273

13th July 2020 - https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/news/people/north-derbyshire-residents-demand-action-stinking-former-coalite-chemical-works-development-faces-delays-2912374

6th July - https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/news/people/train-companys-u-turn-stopping-peak-time-services-chesterfield-welcomed-2906334

2nd July 2020 - https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/news/people/train-company-restore-key…

27th May 2020 - https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/news/politics/five-derbyshire-tory-mps-give-their-views-dominic-cummings-affair-2865800

4th May 2020 - https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/news/people/bolsover-castle-turn-blue-tribute-nhs-2843066

29th April 2020 - https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/news/politics/derbyshire-mp-speaks-violent-upbringing-hands-abusive-stepdad-2596303

20th April 2020 - https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/health/coronavirus/more-half-covid-19-patients-treated-chesterfield-hospital-go-home-within-four-days-2541301

25th February 2020 - https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/health/last-ditch-bid-save-derbyshire…

19th January 2020 - https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/news/politics/mp-who-defeated-dennis-skinner-general-election-calls-statue-be-erected-his-honour-1368319

15th December 2019 - https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/news/politics/labours-beast-bolsover-dennis-skinner-loses-seat-conservatives-after-49-years-1340523

Worksop Guardian

1st July 2021 - https://www.worksopguardian.co.uk/news/transport/mp-calls-for-hgv-access-at-darfoulds-bridge-to-ease-traffic-and-pollution-in-whitwell-3293942

Ashfield and Mansfield Chad

12th October - https://www.chad.co.uk/news/transport/petition-launched-calling-for-improvements-to-major-m1-junction-serving-mansfield-and-ashfield-3415508

20th September 2021 -https://www.chad.co.uk/news/transport/parents-urged-to-park-responsibly-as-council-eyes-road-safety-schemes-near-south-normanton-schools-3389288

6th September 2021 - https://www.chad.co.uk/business/consumer/mp-hails-job-opportunities-after-visiting-pinxton-firms-3373241

23rd June 2021 - https://www.chad.co.uk/news/transport/mp-urges-ashfield-council-to-reop…

14th June 2021 - https://www.chad.co.uk/news/environment/glapwell-residents-demand-full-council-debate-about-controversial-village-homes-development-3272903

7th June 2021 - https://www.chad.co.uk/news/people/bolsover-mp-given-first-hand-experience-during-visit-to-road-rail-lorry-specialists-3265451

3rd June 2021 - https://www.chad.co.uk/lifestyle/homes-and-gardens/flagship-scheme-to-help-first-time-buyers-get-on-housing-ladder-launches-in-shirebrook-3261941

19th May 2021 - https://www.chad.co.uk/news/people/government-minister-oliver-dowden-visits-bolsover-castle-3243709

23rd February 2021 - https://www.chad.co.uk/news/people/calls-for-new-link-road-in-shirebroo…

22nd February 2021 - https://www.chad.co.uk/news/people/bolsover-mp-vaccinating-vulnerable-is-only-the-first-hurdle-3143729

Nottingham Post

29th June 2021 - https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/uk-world-news/uk-government-looking-tackle-dog-5588756

26th June 2021 - https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/residents-isolated-village-back-calls-5557404

3rd March 2021 - https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/east-midlands-freeport-creating-60000-5069521

2nd March 2021 - https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/nottingham-news/60000-jobs-way-huge-business-5067311

Worksop Guardian

2nd July 2021 - MP calls for HGV access at Darfoulds bridge to ease traffic and pollution in Whitwell | Worksop Guardian

BBC

BBC 22nd April 2021 - https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=newssearch&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwj58cmg0vHxAhWloVwKHXbtBvMQxfQBMAB6BAgLEAM&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fuk-politics-56851875&usg=AOvVaw2ohgdJydhpfiLPGjhyO4RB

BBC 8th April 2021 - https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=newssearch&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwj58cmg0vHxAhWloVwKHXbtBvMQxfQBMAF6BAgKEAM&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fsport%2F56670108&usg=AOvVaw21bDV1HupkRkF2tekzqd-b

Radio Derby 8th September 2021 - https://youtu.be/QmOvn2eyxVs

Radio Sheffield 10th September 2021 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zAOH5r7gog&t=91s