Christopher Lambton
Democratic · MA · Dennis Select Board Chair
Chris Lambton has served on the Dennis Select Board since 2019 and has chaired it since 2023; he is a landscaper who has hosted HGTV shows. His priorities are workforce housing, environmental sustainability, and public education.
Where Christopher Lambton stands, based on their records
Supports
Anti-Corruption (1 record), Housing Affordability (1 record), Public Education Quality (1 record)
Opposes
Government Spending Reduction (2 records)
Track record
Track record — Anti-Corruption
Anti-Corruption · 1 support
Voted with the full Select Board, 5-0, to send a letter asking State Rep. Chris Flanagan, then facing federal fraud charges, to resign.
June 3, 2025Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: town.dennis.ma.us
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 2 oppose
Voted to put on the town ballot, and to support, a $1.71 million general budget tax override and a $348,050 override for the Dennis-Yarmouth Regional School District. Both votes were 5-0.
March 24, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: town.dennis.ma.us
Voted against a budget plan that moved $300,000 of retiree health-care (OPEB) funding and cut $300,000 from repairs to avoid a tax override; he said a school override would pass. The plan passed 3-2.
March 18, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: town.dennis.ma.us
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 1 support
Seconded and voted for a 20% residential tax exemption, which shifts some property tax from second homes to year-round residents' homes. The motion failed 2-3.
November 18, 2025Supports Housing Affordability
Source: town.dennis.ma.us
Track record — Public Education Quality
Public Education Quality · 1 support
Voted to put on the town ballot, and to support, a $1.71 million general budget tax override and a $348,050 override for the Dennis-Yarmouth Regional School District. Both votes were 5-0.
March 24, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
Source: town.dennis.ma.us
Track record — General
General · 6 records
Received the endorsement of AFT Massachusetts, a teachers' union, for the 1st Barnstable District state representative race in 2026.
June 22, 2026
Source: ma.aft.org
Voted against sending state legislators a town letter opposing a proposed county fee on luxury real estate sales. The letter was approved 3-2.
March 24, 2026
Source: town.dennis.ma.us
Became chair of the Dennis Select Board in 2023, after joining the board in 2019, as reported in October 2025.
October 29, 2025
Source: capecodchronicle.com
Voted against letting a town committee keep pursuing a partial renovation of the old Wixon School building; he argued for building a new community center instead. The motion passed 3-2.
July 16, 2024
Source: town.dennis.ma.us
Ran his family's Cape Cod landscaping business and co-starred with his wife on HGTV's Going Yard, plus hosted two DIY Network shows, as reported in June 2019.
June 17, 2019
Source: news.providence.edu
Won a seat on the Dennis Select Board in the May 2019 town election, finishing first with 2,318 votes.
May 16, 2019
Source: bostonglobe.com
Past race Christopher Lambton ran in:
- State Representative 1st Barnstable District · November 3, 2026 · 1st Barnstable District; Massachusetts