We moved back home to Keswick in 2018 and in 2019 I was elected to Allerdale Borough Council and later to Cumberland Council. It is the curse of a councillor to feel frustrated at your limited powers, so standing for parliament was inevitable. I was the Conservative Member of Parliament for the old Workington constituency from December 2019, the bulk of which became the new Penrith and Solway constituency. Julia Aglionby (Liberal Democrat)Julia Aglionby (Image: Supplied)After working in Indonesia as an economist I returned to Cumbria in 1997 as a land agent. I stood in the 2019 General Election for Carlisle and then avoided politics to help improve new schemes for farmers.

Source: The Times June 27, 2024 07:46 UTC