Alison has lived in Goudhurst for over 20 years and her children and grandchildren have been educated locally. She works at Tunbridge Wells Hospital as a Care Support worker and during lockdown trained as a volunteer vaccinator and worked at Headcorn Aerodrome, vaccinating up to 250 people a day.

Alison is Secretary of the popular Goudhurst Ex- Servicemen’s Club and a Parish councillor sitting on Planning, Amenities, Business and Communications, Highways and Youth and Housing.

When the Ukrainian war started she had guests and, with a friend, set up the Goudhurst For Ukraine support group which is still going strong today.

Lately Alison has worked on the Goudhurst Warm Spaces initiative with local businesses, providing a Warm Space 6 days out of 7. She is a social member at Lamberhurst Golf Club a very bad Golfer, helps at Lower Ladysden Farm and is very interested in the Special Needs education system having fought to get her son and granddaughter an EHCP.

"Becoming an Alliance Borough Councillor, supporting Cllr David Knight, will be a fantastic achievement for me, I love the fact that the Alliance is free from the influences of National Politics and can do what is best for our community.I will work very hard to help local people."