I enlisted in the Army in Lincoln, seeing active service in the Falklands War and the Bosnian conflict.

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It instilled in me a sense of service and a determination to defend freedom and democracy. From there I went to work with Lincolnshire Police. Firstly as a call taker taking tens of thousands of calls giving me a very good understanding of the concerns of residents. I went on to be a Major Incident Resource Manager and Crime Intelligence Analyst. I was a Lincolnshire County Councillor for 17 years including being chairman of the overview and scrutiny committee. During four years on West Lindsey District Council I was appointed Deputy Leader of the council. During this time I was an NHS governor and served on the then Police Committee giving me particular insights in both areas. Over the last four years I was on Gainsborough Town Council and covered for a time as town Clerk before being elected Mayor of Gainsborough last year. My ethos has always been one of service to the people, whether as a soldier, with the Police or as a Councillor. Our country is worse off both financially and culturally. The economy isn’t growing. It is being wrecked by record taxes, wasteful government spending and record mass immigration which is damaging our country. Brexit has been betrayed. Multiculturalism has imported separate communities that reject our way of life. ‘Woke’ ideology has captured our public institutions. Only Reform UK will stand up for British culture, identity and values.