As a member of the Conservative Party, he was the parliamentary private secretary (PPS) to Charles Hendry, Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change, before both were removed in the 2012 British cabinet reshuffle.

In the autumn of 2011, he successfully called upon the Government to establish an Enterprise Zone at Warton which he believed would attract international investment and mitigate the compulsory redundancies announced at BAE Systems.

[11] Similarly, he has also praised BAE Warton as being a centre of excellence in nine different practice areas and acknowledges the contribution that the company made to the local economy.

[13] Menzies raised Governmental awareness of this issue and called for urgent action to avoid a repeat of the 2004 Morecambe Bay cockling disaster.

Menzies was the parliamentary private secretary (PPS) to Charles Hendry, Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change, before both were removed in the 2012 British cabinet reshuffle.

He brought forward a Bill which sought to allow local authorities to vary Sunday trading restrictions in their jurisdiction contemporaneously to large national events.

He said: "Throughout my time as the Member of Parliament for Fylde I have called for stringent and robust regulation of the shale gas industry to ensure the safety of local residents...

[24] According to The Times, £14,000 given by donors for use on campaign activities was transferred to Menzies' personal bank accounts and used for private medical expenses.

A further £6,500 was paid by his office manager to people Menzies met on an online dating site who, he said, had locked him into a flat, with campaign funds being used to reimburse her.

The police released a statement on 18 April stating: "We are aware of reports in the media relating to a serving member of parliament.

[25][26][27] On 21 April 2024, Menzies said in a statement that he would not stand for re-election as an MP "due to the pressures on myself and my elderly mother", continuing "This has been a very difficult week for me and I request that my family's privacy is respected."