The time is fast approaching when Britain is going to be given a choice: a choice between the consistent failings and deception of a worn out Labour Party or the integrity of a Conservative Government that trusts the British people to control their own lives. Labour believe that they know what’s best for Britain and dictate our lives from Westminster, determining how our schools, police and hospitals should operate using unhelpful and outdated Government targets together with endless paperwork and quangos.

The Conservative Party believes that local people know what their local area needs and that control should be given back from Westminster to our communities. Local Teachers and headmasters should be allowed to decide on the best way to deliver our children’s education and have the power to instil discipline back into their classrooms. Local Doctors should have the freedom to decide what their community’s healthcare needs are and how best to fulfil them. Local Police should be the ones to decide what Nottingham needs to make its streets safer, not faceless bureaucrats in London.

You will have a clear choice at the General Election and I hope that as a resident of Nottingham South, you will choose real and lasting change by voting for me, as your Conservative Candidate, to represent you honestly and with integrity in Parliament. We have the opportunity to bring about a new era of change for this city and for our country and by taking collective responsibility and working to develop the society that we want to live in, there is no limit to what we can achieve.

About Rowena

Rowena was born in the Wirral, and was educated at Park High Comprehensive School. She went on to University, achieving a BSc and ultimately a PhD in Biochemistry. She left the Wirral 15 years ago to begin a career in the commercial world of Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare.

She has worked in the pharmaceutical industry since leaving university with a PhD in Biochemistry; for 3M Healthcare in Loughborough, and Merck Sharp & Dohme. To progress her career, she went back to night school to achieve an MBA from the University of Warwick. Most recently she specialised in Allergy with a Biotechnology company ALK-Abelló Ltd. She has extensive experience of people management and marketing both in the UK and internationally, having previously lived and worked in Denmark. She has worked closely with leading UK physicians and charitable patient organisations, specialising in the treatment of allergic disease.

Rowena is married and has a son. She has lived in the East Midlands since 1995. Although politics has become a full time hobby and occupation, she enjoys gardening, wildlife, reading, skiing and scuba diving. She is a big football fan and supports Liverpool. Rowena has been a member of the Conservative Party since 1997 and has been an active member in North West Leicestershire, campaigning to win her first District Council seat for Measham in May 2007. She is currently a District Councillor and a member of the Cabinet – she is the ‘value for money champion’ as portfolio holder for transforming services.