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Alongside residents and councillors, Kwasi campaigned against Surrey County Council’s proposal to introduce parking charges in Shepperton High Street. The plans, which would have been damaging to local trade and businesses, were successfully defeated.Kwasi is campaigning for a solution to the problems associated with M3 motorway noise. He is pressing the Highways Agency for a commitment to resurface the Shepperton stretch of the M3 with a lower noise material as soon as possible. 

Kwasi has been campaigning to implement a Smart Card ticketing system and extend the Oyster Card scheme to local train stations.

Kwasi has been working with local councillors and GPs to secure more space to house patients and doctors in Sunbury. He met with NHS England to press for their help; they are being supportive and have now committed £75m to fund capital investment projects. Sunbury Health Centre is well positioned to secure a portion of this funding.

Kwasi is opposed to gravel extraction at Manor Farm in Laleham and Watersplash Farm in Shepperton.Kwasi says: “I am supporting local Conservative councillors in objecting to any applications for development and I am voicing local concerns to the Government about protecting the Green Belt and local agricultural land.”

The decision to support a new runway at Heathrow is a momentous step for the UK.

Kwasi brought Thames Water and the Environment Agency around a table to ensure that they work better together to manage the drains and rivers and reduce flood risks locally. He supports the implementation of the River Thames Scheme.3/12/2014 The Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osbourne announce that the Lower Thames flood defence scheme will receive £220M public investment - additional new £60M. 

To promote local enterprise, I launched the Spelthorne Business Plan Competition in July 2013. Just before Christmas, the final of the Spelthorne Business Plan Competition 2014 took place at BP’s headquarters in Sunbury-on-Thames.