Lancashire County Council Candidate Wyre Rural East
Caroline moved to Lancashire 12 years ago from Oxfordshire. Initially to Hyndburn, and then to Wyre in 2023.
Caroline was heavily involved as a volunteer with the Accrington Community Committee (ACE), supporting and arranging community events across the Hyndburn district. She became Leader for Hyndburn Macmillan and with volunteers raised the sum of over £150k in 4 years, making sure these funds were brought back to the local community.
In 2021 Caroline was elected as a Councillor for the Barnfield Ward. During her 3-year term, she was Deputy Leader on the Climate Working Group. With the Conservative Leader, she was able to convince the CEO to employ an additional staff member to deal with residential issues. This included Insulation, Utility Bills, Net-zero reductions on Council buildings and tackling the Climate Change with Eco Events, buying land for Nature Reserves, and implementing a Tree Planting program yearly until 2026
After her 2023 move to Wyre, Caroline was not eligible to re-stand, but campaigned in Hyndburn and succeeded in getting a Green Party Councillor elected.
For the 2024 General Election, Caroline was parliamentary candidate for Ribble Valley on behalf of East Lancashire Green Party while also spending most of her time supporting our campaign to elect Jack Lenox to represent Lancaster and Wyre, focusing on the Wyre area.
Caroline joined the NLGP Executive Committee as Wyre Area Co-ordinator, and has been working on increasing the volunteering membership in Wyre, getting to know the community better and build our electoral presence in Wyre for future success.