ABOUT ME
Find out more about me, my experience and why I’m standing.
I am hugely proud to have been selected by local people to be the Labour Party’s candidate for High Peak at the next general election.
I was born and bred in Derbyshire and I live here with my family in the Hope Valley.
I was the first person in my family to go to university.
I earnt my way from an early age and funded myself through my studies. I have worked stacking shelves in a supermarket, as a crew member for McDonalds, as a waiter in a pub, in sales selling computers, as a shop assistant in an off-licence, boxing chocolates in Thornton’s factory in Belper and as a car park attendant.
I have worked for a charity helping vulnerable people live in warmer homes, as well as helping to implement the then Labour government’s strategy to lift people out of fuel poverty.
Today I am an employment lawyer and a specialist in equality and discrimination law.
Public service is in my DNA. My Mum was a nurse like her parents before her. My wife, brother, sister, nephew, and niece all work for the NHS today. So I hear first hand the difficulties the NHS is facing under this Government.
I am a dad to two amazing girls and two harum-scarum puppies. My wife and I certainly have our hands full, but we wouldn’t change it for the world!
I have been a Derby County supporter (please don’t hold it against me) since my Dad took me to my first game at the old Baseball Ground as a kid. I have followed them home and away over the years. I am a long-standing member of the Rams Trust, which is a football supporters’ cooperative that aims to increase fan engagement and to secure the long-term sustainability of the club.
I am a dad to two amazing girls and two harum-scarum puppies. My wife and I certainly have our hands full, but we wouldn’t change it for the world!
I have been a Derby County supporter (please don’t hold it against me) since my Dad took me to my first game at the old Baseball Ground as a kid. I have followed them home and away over the years. I am a long-standing member of the Rams Trust, which is a football supporters’ cooperative that aims to increase fan engagement and to secure the long-term sustainability of the club.
GET IN TOUCH
I would love to hear from you about what you think my priorities should be and what matters most to you.
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