public service
Twenty-two years of decisions taken in public
Elected to Swindon Borough Council in 2004 and appointed to Cabinet in 2010, across Regeneration, Culture, Strategic Planning and Organisational Excellence, and Deputy Group Leader in opposition. Twenty-two years of allocating public money, declaring interests, and defending decisions under scrutiny and in the press — the same governance discipline a regulated board runs on. I stood down in May 2026 to put the time into my career and my family.
£42m
infrastructure funding secured
£4.8m
community bond approved
22,000
homes in the approved Local Plan
what changed because of it
UK's first council solar bond
Pioneered a community investment model backing a £4.8m solar farm — the first of its kind by any council in the country. National coverage across energy and local government press.
Swindon Local Plan 2026
As Cabinet Member for Strategic Planning, approved a plan targeting 22,000 new homes. Annual completions more than doubled from 641 to 1,411 in the year it took effect.
Brunel's Carriage Works
Championed the regeneration of a historic site closed for 30 years into a Cultural Heritage Institute with the Royal Agricultural University. Shortlisted for national planning award.
£42m road infrastructure
Secured Government funding for a five-year road improvement programme serving thousands of new homes across East Swindon, including the Oxford Road and Commonhead link road.
£5m Health Hydro restoration
Led the Towns Fund bid that secured funding to restore Swindon's Victorian Health Hydro, built in 1891. Reopened January 2026 after decades of closure.
Nythe Parish Council
Founded the Nythe, Eldene & Liden Parish Council in 2014, delivering a £70 annual council tax saving per household and establishing community-level governance for the first time.