My career has been in software engineering.

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I've worked in events media, in finance and currently in defence where I manage a project, architect the solutions and write the code. I've spent the last 20 years facing complex problems and solving them. I have been living in Crawley since 2016 and lived in Surrey before that.

I voted Leave in the 2016 referendum. I've never regretted that vote nor the following times we had to hammer the point home to our political class. Like so many others I voted for Boris in the hope that we had an optimistic, British patriot who would champion our people, our country and our values and reverse the downward trends we all experienced. Like so many others I have now seen what the Conservative party has become.

It's cliché to say this is the most important election of our lifetimes but in recent history each one has been the case. I will never give up on Britain, her values, people and history. With a strong reform of our institutions, we will save Britain.

My priorities for Crawley will primarily be to improve access to doctors and dentists and to further support the police in addressing the growing crime with more convictions and incarcerations. Party policies work extremely well for Crawley and I will carry those through with unending determination and a side of stubbornness.

Oh, and fix the damn potholes.