I was born in Kendal in 1966 and was educated to sixth form level, I then joined the Royal Navy in 1983 and started my career in marine engineering.

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In 1990 I was honourably discharged and returned to education to read Mechanical Engineering, graduating with a Bachelor of Engineering honours degree. I was recruited by BAE Systems (Marine) as a Marine Design Engineer at the Barrow-in-Furness shipyard where I worked on Trident SSBN and Astute SSN submarine design and build projects.

I joined BP in 2001 and started my second career in the oil and gas exploration and production industry. I worked both onshore and offshore, as an engineer and managing superintendent, in 34 countries globally on various assignments relating to energy exploration and production.

I am a registered Chartered Engineer, an elected Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and now run an Energy Consultancy Business. I am also a Liveryman in the Worshipful Company of Engineers and have been awarded the Freedom of the City of London.

I have become increasingly alarmed with the calibre of political leaders that have been churned through in recent years and watching parliament become completely dysfunctional.

We are all witnessing an ever decreasing spiral that the UK is now suffering, in just about every attribute of our society.

I am standing for Reform UK because I have had enough of being represented by career politicians, who have little interest in putting the country first.

If elected, I will fight hard to reverse the decline, using my knowledge of business efficiency, delivering large projects and engineering simple solutions to complex problems.

I am convinced that Reform UK has the vision, policies, and most of all… the leadership to make Britain Great again. If you are fed up too, get involved, join us, volunteer and help us campaign in Northwest Hampshire.