Caroline is passionate about protecting local health and care resources, having been the Minister of State for Care and Mental Health from 2018 - 2020.
She frequently fights successfully for local healthcare provision, such as when she secured the reopening of Blake Maternity Unit at the Gosport Wa
Ensuring everyone in Gosport, Stubbington, Lee-on-the-Solent and Hill Head has access to the best education and training is essential to the future of the area.
Caroline wants all children to get the best possible start in life.
When she was first elected in 2010 nearly half of the infant and
Caroline is proud of Gosport, Lee-on-the-Solent, Stubbington and Hill Head’s fantastic sports heritage with BMX champion Ayesha McLelland, Invictus Games competitor John Shepard, world-class yachtsman Alex Thomson, yachtswoman Dee Caffari and Olympian Roger Black all hailing from the constituency!
Caroline works to support and improve policing and regularly meets with Gosport and Fareham's Chief Inspector, the Chief Constable of Hampshire Constabulary and the Police and Crime Commissioner.
She has been on shifts with local Police traffic cops, rapid response team and the police call centre.
Inspired by Gosport's peninsula location and the potential for the wider Portsmouth Harbour area for driving jobs, skills and economic prosperity through marine expansion, Caroline is involved in a number of marine issues.
She has taken part in the influential Marine Sector Advisory Group and was i
Caroline has been hugely concerned about the high energy and fuel prices combined with the increasing cost of living that is hitting individuals and businesses hard across the constituency.
Caroline and her team organised and hosted a local Cost of Living Event in March 2022 at Gosport Discovery Ce
