Education
University of Winchester.
University of Winchester.
In the 2010 general election, she lost her constituency of Swindon South to Conservative Member of Parliament Robert Buckland. She unsuccessfully contested the seat again for the Labour party at the 2015 general election. She was educated at Ranelagh School in Bracknell, the Winchester polytechnic and City University, London, and previously stood unsuccessfully for Parliament in Bracknell in 1997.
Previously she worked in education, as a teacher for eight years and Local Education Authority Adviser for seven years.
She led the campaign to help victims of the collapse of Farepak, the hamper company that was based in her constituency. She launched the Geared for Giving campaign in May 2008 with Duncan Bannatyne Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire.
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She is a member of the Company-operative Party, Amicus and Amnesty International.