Annabelle moved to Wiltshire in 2015 after falling in love with the county, something which only grows with every day she lives here.
It is that passion which has motivated her to stand for Wiltshire Council in May 2025 for the division of Corsham Without.
After reading Economics at university, followed by an MSc in International Relations, she worked in the European Parliament, before specialising in media and communications, choosing to learn in the real world environment from experienced journalists and media professionals.
After many years in politics, Annabelle switched her focus to health and social care and was a volunteer with the Corsham branch of St John Ambulance, attending many events from the Corsham Food Festival to junior football tournaments in Rudloe. She is the patient representative on a leading medical society committee, where she also advises clinicians on communications and marketing, helping to put together training and events with world-leading experts.
She is passionate about fair, equitable access to excellent healthcare and believes this lies at the heart of any good community. She is particularly keen to help those living in substandard housing and who have to suffer long waits for repairs or whose children suffer with ill health due to damp and mouldy conditions.
"I want to stop people playing politics with our lives and communities and to put you, the people, first. I believe this is at the heart of Conservatism. I want to do this by promoting common sense and policies that we all actually want, which make our lives better.
"This includes treating residents of housing associations with respect and acting on their behalf to deliver improvements in their daily lives. CEOs on six figure salaries whilst families live in mouldy homes is unacceptable and with my background in media I am the person who will keep asking until I get answers and solutions."
As a member of the Campaign to Protect Rural England Wiltshire, Annabelle helped to campaign on issues which are key to local residents, such as green spaces, planning applications and ensuring local businesses can thrive and provide secure jobs. She was also involved in the Best Kept Village Competition and hopes that there will be a winner from the Corsham area soon!
"We've seen a lot of new housing around the Corsham area and I do believe that it is important that local people have good quality, affordable homes and young people can get on the housing ladder.
"But that must not come at the expense of what makes this area such a wonderful part of the world. Decisions must be democratic and transparent and fundamentally, homes should be built where local people want them, not where developers think they can make a quick buck at the expense of our farmland and green spaces."
As someone who has worked in the media for 20 years, Annabelle is always keen to help local organisations raise awareness of events and projects and wants to use her knowledge to help local community groups thrive.
When she is not researching about roads and flooding, or the impact of poor housing on respiratory health, Annabelle is an amateur historian who is writing her first novel based around the time Lacock Abbey was built.
She should probably get on with it.
