Claire Wright was an independent councillor on Devon County Council and parliamentary candidate for East Devon.
She became a Devon County Councillor in 2013, winning the largest majority of any county councillor two terms running. She represented Otter Valley and sat on the Health and Adult Social Care Scrutiny Committee, among other appointments.
She stood as an independent parliamentary candidate for East Devon in 2015 and 2017, when she won a 25% vote share. Her 2019 campaign attracted national media attention when an MRP YouGov poll found she was the most likely independent to be elected in Britain.
However, despite increasing her vote share to over 40% the national swing preserved 150 years of continuous Conservative East Devon representation at Westminster.
She was previously a councillor on East Devon District Council from 2011 to 2015 and Ottery St Mary Town Council from 2009 to 2013. Her professional background is in public relations, mainly for the NHS and other public sector organisations.
Other posts have included Deputy Chair of the Local Government Association Community Wellbeing Board, which represents the position of local government to Whitehall, with a focus on health and social care. She is also a Woodland Trust Tree Champion for Devon.
Find out more about Claire on her website.
