Committee appointments

• Barrow Borough Council(Vice-Chair)
• Licensing Committee
• Licensing Regulatory Committee
• Licensing Sub-Committee(Reserve)
• Overview and Scrutiny Committee(Reserve)
• Planning Committee(Reserve)

Term of Office

• 05/05/2011 – 08/05/2023

Appointments to outside bodies

• Barrow Wastewater Treatment Works Local Forum
• Barrow-in-Furness Sea Cadet Corps Committee(Reserve)
• Cumbria Local Nature Partnership Board
• Cumbria Pensions Forum
• Duddon Estuary Partnership
• Furness Abbey Fellowship
• Furness Maritime Trust
• Lakes World Heritage Site Steering Group
• Wildlife and Heritage Advisory Committee

Additional Information

I am a Dalton lass and have lived in South Cumbria (or Lancashire North of the Sands and South Cumberland) all my life, mostly in Barrow borough.  I am divorced with three grown-up children and six grandchildren.  Most of my working life was spent at the former North West Evening Mail where I served my colleagues as Mother of the Chapel (National Union of Journalists rep) for 10 years and as a pension fund trustee.  I have been a School Governor for many years, I am currently chair of the Islands and Bays of Barrow and Furness Coastal Communities Team and a member of the Better Biggar Bank Group.  I am very grateful to the brilliant people of South Walney who have elected me three times as one of their Councillors.