Since having the honour of becoming your MP, I’m proud to have stood up for our wonderful area, supported thousands of constituents, and secured some important local wins. From standing up to ensure our dairy farmers were supported throughout the pandemic, to securing a £600m fund for businesses across the country to tackle issues faced by local businesses and tackling rogue pub landlords, I’ve raised Rutland and Melton at the highest levels of Government and beyond.

I grew up in a tiny village in Cambridgeshire, and I understand the needs of rural communities and know how often they are forgotten and don’t receive their fair share of central Government funding. My priorities are to protect our rural way of life, to secure the new GP services we need, to level up and end rural disadvantage, to improve our roads and transport links, stand up for our farmers and to keep us safe by tackling rural crime. 

Prior to being elected, I worked in counter-terrorism working at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and then as an independent consultant across the Middle East and North Africa, Eastern Europe and the Western Balkans. Since joining Parliament I’ve been elected to the Foreign Affairs Select Committee, Joint Committee on National Security. I also launched the All Party Parliamentary Group on Geographically Protected Foods, for Bosnia and Herzegovina and for UK overseas territory Turks and Caicos.

As your MP, Rutland and Melton comes first.

Yours faithfully,

Alicia