I was re-elected in June2009 , as a Conservative to serve as the County Councillor for the Electoral Division of Chorley Rural East which includes the town of Adlington and the villages of Rivington, Heath Charnock, Anderton , White Coppice, Wheelton, Anglezarke, Heapey, Withnell and Brinscall , a beautiful part of Lancashire. I also represent Heath Charnock and Rivington on the Chorley Borough Council.
I am here to serve all your interests irrespective of political conviction and I hope in the last 29 years as your councillor, I have always done so.The needs of rural areas are very specific and I am pleased to be able to represent those needs
I have been a member of the Conservative Party since I left the University and became at 23 a member of Turton Urban District Council. I stood as a Conservative in a Parliamentary election and served in the party organisation in the women's section and in the local government councillors association at national level . This site has a link to the party's national web site.and you can read about our policies and personalities by clicking the link in "my politics".
I have a special personal interest in services for people especially children with learning difficulties and take an active part in a number of national and local organisartions established to help them which you can also access through links on this site .
My main interests in local government are in the field of education and social care and this year Ihave become the Cabinet member for Children and Schools . I am fortunate to be on the national Local Government Association's Children and Young People Board.
To find out more about me , how to contact me ,the work I do as Cabinet member for Schools and Children and key issues which affect the ward please click on to the links on the left.
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