Your local voice in Parliament
It has been an honour to be your MP since 2015, working hard for the community where I have lived for more than 30 years, listening to what matters to you and representing your views in parliament.
The redrawn Brentford & Isleworth constituency now includes Whitton Ward in Richmond borough (NB: there are no changes to borough boundaries), and Heston East ward. It no longer includes the three Chiswick wards in Hounslow borough – these are now in Andy Slaughter MP’s constituency.
Since first being elected I have responded to requests for help and support at the rate of 10,000 per year. I’m in the community week in, week out, discussing issues and listening to what matters to the people who live and work in this area. Each month I visit schools, community groups, residents’ associations and businesses.
I was raised as and have always been a Quaker. From a young age, the concept that everybody should have the same shot at life and that our society should always show compassion to people who are struggling has been at the core of what I do.
During my 25 years as councillor prior to being elected as an MP and since being in Parliament, I have shown that I am independently minded and I will always put my constituents and their interests first. I'm dedicated to the issues that affect you - defending the NHS and our schools, campaigning to improve our air quality, and for a better not bigger Heathrow. Until the 2024 General Election I had a number of Shadow Ministerial roles in Opposition- helping to shape Labour policy on a national and local level as we prepared for Government; prisons, trade, housing and planning.
I have served as the co-chair of the All Parliamentary Groups on Cycling & Walking, Transport Safety and Women in Transport, and was a member of the Transport Select Committee, holding the Conservative Government to account on their transport policy.
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