About Me
Born in Brighton, I went to local schools and college. I first worked for the East Sussex Youth Service then the National Youth Agency. I represented the UK youth sector at the European level as the Vice President of the European Youth Forum where I led on the negotiations on Erasmus + and then at the UN as the global organising partner and consultant for the UN’s Major Group on Children and Youth. I led on negotiations for global youth organisations on the Sustainable Development Goals and co-chaired the World Conference on Youth for the Sri Lankan government.
Between 2017 and 2024 I was the Member of Parliament for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven. During this time I was the shadow Parliamentary Private Secretary for the Justice team, shadow Foreign Minister at the start of Covid and the shadow Minister for the Environment. I led on drafting the first conversion therapy bill to be debated in parliament and was the first MP globally to be reelected openly as HIV positive.
