2019 Liberal Democrat European Candidates for the East Midlands

Bill is an experienced European campaigner, having first been elected to represent Lincolnshire in the European Parliament in 1979. Bill was also MEP for the East Midlands from 1999 to 2014.
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Michael is a borough and county Councillor in Leicestershire and has also stood as the Liberal Democrat candidate for the Bosworth constituency. Michael studied politics and European Union studies at university. Passionate about local and regional services, he has campaigned to save Hinckley ambulance station and for the electrification of the Midland Mainline.

Lucy Care is interested in both the detail and the big picture. Lucy has taken her background in engineering (Durham University graduate and chartered engineer) and applied this way of thinking to the inter-connectiveness of the wider world. She is keenly aware of the fragility of the natural world. This has led to an on-going interest and action on environmental issues including sustainable travel, recycling and improving home energy efficiency. One result of this is that Lucy is known around Derby as a regular cyclist.

Lucy has been active in politics since her children were young, nearly 30 years ago, and has been a member of Derbyshire County and then Derby City Council for over 20 years. Over this period it has become increasingly clear to her that it is vital that the right over-arching policies are in place to enable the right actions at a local level. She is keen to work with others to find lasting solutions to problems.
She has been a general election candidate in Derby four times. She has also been a member of the Liberal Democrats' Federal Policy Committee.

As a candidate Suzanna's quiet and understated demeanor belies both a somewhat dogged determination to ensure peoples voices are heard, and an uncanny way of translating policy into meaningful everyday scenarios. It was this determination that drove her to help uncover the issues with waiting lists at a local hospital facilitating changed outcomes for the thousands of patients effected. Whilst her regular work cross party demonstrates her view that some issues are above party politics and need collaboration.

Having lived and worked in the East Midlands for nearly two decades Suzanna has a keen understanding of the important issues, not least within one of the region's largest sectors - logistics where she has worked for pan-European companies. More recently Suzanna has run her own business joining the many hundreds of thousands of regional small business owners giving her an insight into the daily challenges faced and the importance of maintaining free trade with our closest neighbours.

Growing up with and still having a hearing impairment has also driven Suzanna to regularly campaign on equality and inclusion issues. As she has shown throughout her working life her hearing has not held her back instead it has been a catalyst for trying to understand the different barriers people face and helping remove them.

Suzanna stood as the Liberal Democrat candidate for Kettering in 2017.

Caroline moved to Lincolnshire from London over 20 years ago with her husband and 5-day old baby. Originally trained as a barrister, then a journalist and magazine editor, she set up her own PR business promoting Lincolnshire produce and British food, now evolved into an international food awards company. Caroline has a step-daughter who works as a GP, and a son who is a photographer.

Caroline was spurred into political action after the Referendum in 2016, convinced that Brexit would be disaster for the UK. She is actively involved in the fields of food poverty, prisoner rehabilitation through many local and national charities.
Caroline was the Liberal Democrat candidate for Lincoln in the 2017 General Election.