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Anne Milton

MP for Guildford

About Anne

Anne was elected as Member of Parliament in May 2005.

Anne was born in 1955, is married to Graham (who is a doctor) and has four children. She was educated at Haywards Heath Grammar School in Sussex, and trained as a nurse at St Bartholomew’s Hospital in London. Anne worked for the NHS for 25 years. Anne has a wide range of experience in the NHS. She has nursed in hospitals, as a district nurse (and yes, with a bicycle!), worked in research and supporting GPs and nurses working in palliative care. She also pioneered a scheme to look after people who were sent home early from hospital. Her last job in the NHS was to give medical advice to councils and housing associations.

Anne loves gardening, has been a keen runner (although better on stamina than speed!), and is an avid reader, although her family are at the heart of her life. With two children still at school and two at University Anne relies on them to keep her in tune with all the issues that come up for young people.

Anne has lived in Surrey since 1994 with her family and was thrilled to have been elected as Member of Parliament in May 2005. Having been brought up in Sussex she understands only too well the problems facing the South East in general and Guildford in particular.

Anne's Experience

Anne became involved in politics in the early 1990’s, though in the past she was a union steward for the Royal College of Nursing and involved in the National Childbirth Trust after that. Anne got involved in politics because she believes that if we truly want to represent the people of this country, and the issues that people face day after day, we need people from a wide range of backgrounds in the House of Commons. She believes that we need people with front line experience of the public sector working in Parliament. Anne believes that as a nurse and working mother, with many years experience in the NHS and local government she brings a fresh approach to politics. She believes that many people are disillusioned with politicians and she is determined to show people that she can bring a new set of values and skills to Parliament.

Before being elected as an MP Anne was a borough councillor for five years in Surrey. She was Conservative Group Leader, a member of the South East Regional Assembly, Vice Chairman of the Conservative Medical Society and ran an innovative new project in Conservative Central Office on the 2001 general election campaign.

People are at the heart of Anne's politics and she believes her job as a politician is to stand up and fight for local people's needs and ensure that their views get heard in Parliament.

Anne was promoted to the Opposition frontbench by David Cameron in November 2006 as Shadow Minister for Gambling, Licensing and Tourism. She became the Shadow Health Minister in July 2007.

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