Liz, originally a London girl born and bred, has lived in the village of Great Shefford since 1990, where she is a Primary School Governor and a former Parish Councillor. She got a BSc in Biochemistry from Lancaster University, followed by Masters and PhD degrees at Aston University (where she met her husband) in Science and Technology Policy. Their daughter went to John O’ Gaunt School in Hungerford and St Barts in Newbury and is now at University.Liz works professionally in the Higher Education research and innovation sector, with a particular focus on policy and international development. This has included being a former British Diplomat in Moscow for 5 years (First Secretary Science working on development projects in science, innovation, education, environment, health and human rights), and later setting up the prestigious former UK Government prize for international development, the Newton Prize. She has recently worked with the Malaysian Government, leading two projects addressing their national innovation policy needs, and has been Head of Policy in several organisations in the science and education sector including The Physiological Society and UCAS. She has also worked with many UK Universities and Colleges as a consultant in education admissions.She joined the Labour Party following the EU Referendum, has previously been Women’s Officer and is now Chair and Policy Officer again.  One of the things that she did as Women’s Officer was to restage a Suffragette speech in Newbury Town Centre, a fun filled day. You can see the video here: (122) Newbury Labour Party celebrates 100 years of women’s suffrage – YouTubeShe stood for election for Tilehurst and Purley Ward in the May 2019 West Berkshire Council elections, earning her nickname 'The Red Devil' after getting 666 votes. She went on to stand as Parliamentary Candidate for North West Hampshire in the 2019 General Election, campaigning against Kit Malthouse. She stood for election as one of the Labour candidates in Tilehurst South and Holybrook Ward in the 2023 West Berkshire Council elections, and is enormously pleased that she also campaigned in Tilehurst Birch Copse helping to get our first Labour Councillor Clive Taylor elected, a historic first in our area.Liz came late to politics as a concerned citizen fed up with how politics is going in our country. Not a career politician. She is passionate that all sorts of people, from all walks of life, are desperately needed to bring their experience, and get actively involved in politics to fix things. Come and join us!