Eid Mubarak to all my friends who are celebrating the end of Ramadan. May you life be filled with blessings.

The lights at the junction of Winchester Road and St James Road are currently out of order. Our engineers are on their way. Please approach with caution. @southamptoncc.bsky.social

Our first Bevois Ward Progress Newsletter for 2026. Sharing updates on local priorities and the work being done with and for residents of Bevois Ward. Jacqui Rayment Toqeer Ahmed Kataria Southampton Labour Councillors

Not even had time to post on fb been so busy this week, spent some time with the Rotary packing Hampers, feeling so blessed to be part of The Big Difference and helping organisations. Thank you for having me. #charity #community #BigDifference

Great PACT meeting tonight at Avenue Church. Good conversation with updates on all things Police and Council. Thanks to OARA for hosting and for the tea and cake. #Bevois #community Outer Avenue Residents' Association - OARA @toqeer @Paul Kenny

Great planning meeting for this years Itfar, with Southampton Football Club and Hampshire Cricket, not a shabby place to meet pitch looked great! #Bevois #community Good to see Abdou Sanneh & Syed Rashidul Islam

🚦 Please be advised that there will be some travel disruption tomorrow lunchtime as a result of a march along the route shown below. Please plan your journeys accordingly.

Southampton Labour Group statement.

Representing such a diverse ward #Bevois and a proud City like Southampton I wish health and happiness to all my friends celebrating Diwali.

There are still good people today in Tescos chatting at the till to Billy a local bus driver. He asked why I had 50 chocolate oranges along with other treats. I explained Christmas Hampers and how we do them for Charity at Christmas . As I paid he jumped in and gave me £30 of vouchers. ⭐️⭐️

Today the Leader of the Council Alex Winning visited The The Big Difference Shirley Warren food pantry. So much is going on to reduce food wastage in the City. Open Monday to Friday 1-4pm worth a visit. Beccy and Kim look forward to you visiting. Every day different stuff on offer.

@martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com Thank you Gas renewal went up by £15pm-£180 year. Called to say will leave crazy rise. No haggle just a couple minutes wait, BG reduce it back to £1 less pm than last years renewal. Great result thank you for your advice. Always worth the call.👍

Today we celebrate all things Merchant Navy,Hollyrood Church deemed the seafarers church over the years. Lovely to see so many attend. Kate Powell Port Chaplin took the short service. We will remember those lost at sea those who risk their lives on the sea and all connected. #civicduty #merchantnavy

Bank holiday traffic 🤮driving granddaughter home from last visit of the summer. Good times made memories, wishes year way advantage wait u til 1/2 term. Precious times live her💕💕 Grad parents !!

Open Studio great to be invited to cut the ribbon and open today’s event.So much talent Writers,Painters,Potters and crafters. Really talented people showing their wares. Open on Bank Holiday Monday at Avenue St Andrews Church. Outer Avenue Residents' Association -

Being Veterans Champion for the City is a real privilege 2nd event of the day was wreath laying at Old Town Park. Number of councillors and Veterans with family members remembering fathers . Southampton Labour Councillors Darren Paffey MP

Privilege and honoured to be at lunch on QM2 to recognise some of the Veterans including families. Quick tour round the ship before we honoured the minutes silence. Thanks to Cunard for hosting.

🤝 Our joint survey on the proposals for Local Government Reorganisation closes this Sunday 27 July. 🗺️ We want everyone to have the opportunity to comment on the proposals and about their local area more widely. 🗣️ So please tell us what matters to you: soton.cc/LGRSurvey

Good meeting tonight at Southampton Test CLP with CEO of Environmental Group UK100 and ex city council leader Chris Hammond. Discussion on net zero and how this can improve people's lives. @sotontestclp.bsky.social

Stop the Sewage! Today’s report from the EA confirms what many of us in Southampton Test already know: water companies — and Southern Water in particular — are failing our communities and our environment. This cannot continue. I will keep fighting for the clean, safe water we all deserve.

Very honoured today to get presented with this certificate from the Gurdwara. @southamptonlabour

Freedom is fragile, there should be no place for hate. We should learn from the past. We should remember the sacrifices and not take our life for granted. #veday80thanniversary Thanks to those who served and serve today. Lest we forget! 🙏

🚢We will be welcoming cruise ships to our great city on Friday, Saturday and Sunday this weekend. 😊We hope to see Southampton’s art enthusiasts at the Art Gallery on Saturday! What art inspires you? Let us know in the comments below 👇

Yesterday I had the pleasure of helping at the Big Difference, they donated over 12000 Easter buckets to schools. Amazing job, Cllr Payne and Sue Blatchford popped in to help load.Thanks to all the fantastic people who volunteered to help. #CommunityMatters

Why is my feed full of cats I’m scared of cats and don’t really like cats…. I never asked for cats !

To all my Muslim friends I wish you health and happiness.

In lighter news I drove to the midlands collected my granddaughter for a 1 night visit. Drop her at her dads today but best night in a long time cuddles takeaway and giggles. #family

Celebrating International Women’s day in Egypt.

Civic Centre Road / Havelock Road junction - traffic lights not working. Please approach this junction with caution while an engineer attends to fix the problems @southamptoncc.bsky.social

Celebrating Ramadan in Egypt with friends. #ramadamKareem

Good session for Millbrook Labour this afternoon. Warm sunshine 🌞 and even warmer response from residents. Picked up local issues such as speeding cars, lack of parking and someone needing repainting of a disabled space.

Ramadan Mubarak to all my Muslim friends and colleagues. 🙏

Reform UK: Party of Defectors Reform UK have 70 councillors, only 14 have won in elections, all others are defectors.

@sotontestclp.bsky.social Hello welcome, glad you have left the other one. Good shout!

Last night I was delighted to be part of the City Reflections event. You can view the show all next week 6-8pm by the walls in West Quay. #Citylegend in great company Legend well I’ve been called worse. #community

So proud to be part of this City Reflections project.

@mayflower.org.uk tonight we saw Now that’s what I call Musicals, what a fantastic show great cast an all round feel good show. Highly recommended!! Thank you for being part of this fantastic City.

Wow great night at the Unity101 19th year celebrations. Great evening with great people. #Bevois #Cllr’s

The Tories did NOT implement recommendations of the Prof Jay report into child sexual abuse Whitehall estimated compensation costs at £5-10 billion! Badenoch was Children's and then Women & Equalities Minister. DIDN'T mention "grooming gangs" in House of Commons once in all her 8 years as an MP!!

Beautiful day visiting beautiful places, lovely people and fantastic weather. I’m blessed! 🥰 Have a great week everyone.