Claire first moved to Horsham in 2001 after she graduated and worked for Chemovation and then Novartis who she relocated with to Boston, Massachusetts for six years.

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She returned to the area in 2021 following the birth of her daughter Maddie and now works at a research fellow at Sussex University conducting cancer research.

She is a member of the Sussex Wildlife Trust and the RSPB. The Sussex countryside and its beauty are very important to Claire.

Claire says a very strong no to Crawsham - the house building in the area is excessive and unacceptable. Claire opposes any plans for a Horsham incinerator and is speaking up for a hospital with an A&E.

Claire appreciates that some new houses are needed - but they should be affordable, sustainable and not built in the strategic gap between Horsham and Crawley. Any development that does go ahead must have adequate infrastructure at its core, as Horsham schools, roads and GP’s surgeries are already under significant pressure.