Education
University of New York
University of New York
She went on to take a degree in history and politics at the University of York and then stood for parliament at the 2010 general election in the safe Labour seat of Wentworth and Dearne, taking 7,396 votes (176%) to Labour Member of Parliament John Healey" 21,316 (506%). She was then selected as the prospective parliamentary candidate for Chippenham in February 2013. Shortly before the result of her first election success was announced, she was reported to be "excited by the challenge ahead".
She defeated incumbent Liberal Democrat member Duncan Hames by 26,354 votes (476%) to 16,278 (294%).
Outside politics, her career was in marketing.
56th United Kingdom Parliament]
She was elected at the general election in May 2015 as the Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for the Chippenham constituency in Wiltshire, which includes the market towns of Bradford on Avon, Chippenham, Corsham, and Melksham, and the rural area between them with several villages. Before the election of 2015 she was a Trustee of Help Victims of Domestic Violence, a charitable organisation based in Chippenham, and a member of the Steering Group of Wiltshire Carers, and in 2013 bought her first house in the Chippenham town centre.