Frances grew up locally and lives between Charlbury and Stonesfield with her husband and three young children.

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She studied medicine in Oxford and London and worked as an NHS doctor for five years before leaving in 2008 to co-found the independent charity, The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare, where she now works as Medical Director. She joined the newly-formed Charlbury Town Council Environment Working Group last year, where her first action was to organise a popular electric bike try-out event. She loves the freedom of e-bikes - and is often to be seen riding the family's blue e-cargo bike with a couple of kids on the back! She is a member of the Stonesfield Climate Emergency group and over the past two years has been liaising with local farmers and the community to plant trees and protect local wildlife. If elected, she will continue to work towards creating a thriving community where much more of our food is grown locally, our homes are efficient, the air and the rivers are clean, streets are safe for people of every age to get around on foot or by bike, and we are well-connected by public transport.