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Our People
John Gaskell
Chair
John has lived in Weybourne, Farnham for over twenty years. In his career in IT in Holland, Belgium, and the UK, John has seen how successful infrastructure projects can work if local people are properly involved. He believes we should look at best practice outside the locality before implementing anything new, large or small.
Geraldine Sheedy
Secretary
Geraldine moved to Liphook from Elstead in September 2021. She has an adult daughter, two dogs and enjoys singing in a local choir/drama group. She qualified as a nurse in 1984 and has worked in the NHS and the voluntary sector. Geraldine is currently part of the senior leadership team at a local children’s hospice charity. She sees on a daily basis how the cost-of-living crisis has adversely affected families who have a child who is sick or disabled.
Tony Dunne
vice chair
Tony, a Farnham resident since 2017, believes good business and strong employment relations go hand in hand—something free-market capitalism has undermined, widening inequality. His success as an investment manager and Chartered Financial Planner aligns with his commitment to socialism, as the growing disconnect between capital and society fuels today’s challenges.
He advocates for fair wages and proportional business rewards, ensuring benefits extend beyond investors and shareholders. A sustainable economy requires a fairer balance between consumers, employees, and business owners. Greater societal mobility—not trickle-down myths—drives real progress. We need the brightest minds working for all, not just a privileged few.
Diana Lovelock
Treasurer
Diana grew up in Merseyside and moved to Islington and then Hackney. She worked in Hotel and Catering management and the West End and the City of London . A change of career after moving to Grayshott in 1996 led to 27 years working in Farnham and then Petworth as a School Business Manager She retired in 2024. She was involved with the local Scout Group and Pantomime and is now settling into volunteering and Amateur Dramatics
Mercy Bolus
BAME Officer
Mercy is from Ghana, and after living in Liphook for some time she moved to Whitehill Hogmoor, where she has lived for over a decade years. She is a registered nurse and has been a health visitor with the NHS for many years. While at university she initiated a voluntary organisation in the UK and Ghana to raise the awareness of issues affecting poverty-stricken districts in Ghana.
She has been a local authority school governor in Alton and has helped to link up schools in Hampshire, Ghana and the British Virgin Islands.
Pippa Rennie
Women's OfficerPippa moved to Farnham in 2023 after spending most of her adult life in London.
She retired in 2023 after working in the community with under fives as a Heath Visitor for 21 years and a Family Nurse for 8 years working on an intensive home visiting programme with teenage parents.
She now volunteers for a charity in Bordon and continues to be committed to trying to alleviate the effects of poverty on people’s lives. 
Chris Waters
Communications & Social Media
Chris was born and raised in Elstead, and now lives in Churt. His family were the proud owners of Orchard Barn Cafe in Churt.
He works on the parliamentary team of a Labour MP, and his areas of policy interest are education, housing, and the arts.
Michelle Birchwood
Trade Union Liaison Officer
Michelle moved to Farnham to raise her children in a beautiful, safe place with fantastic schools. But too often local problems such as sewage dumping and facilities for children and young people have not received the support they deserve. Michelle has a deep knowledge of parliamentary affairs which she brings to bear on local issues.
Alex Hughes
Community Involvement
Alex has lived in Weybourne (Farnham) for over 30 years. She works for a local charity and is passionate about addressing some of the really severe inequalities and poverty, which we have seen growing through this cost of living crisis.
Chris Locke
POlitical education and training
Chris moved to Farnham with his young family in 2010, and has loved the excellent local schools and acres of forest for dog walks and running. He runs his small business - Caribou Digital - from Farnham, which researches and develops policy on digital technology & economies in emerging markets for organisations such as the UN, World Bank and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Chris helps organise social events and speakers for our local meetings.
Nick Williams
Membership Recruitment & Retention
Nick moved to the area at the beginning of lockdown and liked it so much he chose to stay! He has worked in a number of roles in urban regeneration and social housing, and spent 12 years working on London's Olympic bid and the delivery of the highly successful 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic Games.
John Tough
Liphook - branch chair
John is from Yorkshire but came to Liphook in 1977. Before retiring, he worked throughout the World as a Transport Consultant. John served on Bramshott & Liphook Parish Council for 12 years and started the monthly Cinema in the Millennium Centre running it successfully and profitably for 10 years. He also formed the Liphook Youth Club, serving as Chairman and volunteer for 12 years. For many years John was Superintendent of the Liphook St John Ambulance Division.
Local Reps
Standing up for you in every part of our constituency
Farnham North
Dave Shurlock
Farnham Central
John Gaskell
John has lived in Weybourne, Farnham for over twenty years. In his career in IT in Holland, Belgium, and the UK, John has seen how successful infrastructure projects can work if local people are properly involved. He believes we should look at best practice outside the locality before implementing anything new, large or small.
Farnham South
Sam Pritchard
Haslemere
Shirley Lewis
Shirley lives in Haslemere. She is a teacher and qualified self employed RHS horticulturalist. Both her sons went to local state schools and she has taught locally. She enjoys walking with her dog in the fantastic countryside.
Liphook, Headley & Grayshott, including Arford, Bramshott, Headley Down, Passfield, and Weavers Down
Andy Forbes
Andy lives and works locally in Liphook, having moved here with his family in 2016. He studied history before a career in the charity, broadcast media and technology sectors, including 7 years on the leadership team of a Haslemere-based software business. Andy is married with two grown-up daughters who attended Bohunt School in Liphook, and enjoys cycling, running and dog-walking in our local countryside.
Waverley Western Villages, including Beacon Hill, Churt, Elstead, Frensham, Hindhead, Rushmoor, and Thursley
Chris Waters
Chris was born and raised in Elstead, and now lives in Churt. He is a trained classical musician, and continues to work as a choral singer in London. His family were the proud owners of Orchard Barn Cafe in Churt.
He works on the parliamentary team of a Labour MP, and his areas of policy interest are education, defence, and the arts.
Whitehill, Bordon & Lindford
Dave Hedley
From the mid 1980’s, Dave has been an engineering consultant, initially specialising in Reliability and Safety analyses and more recently supporting the costing of large government programmes, principally focussed on the development of Value for Money cases and the forecasting of project costs and risks. He has lived in Lindford since 2007 with his partner and step son. Dave joined the Labour Party shortly before the COVID-19 pandemic and has supported the Liphook Branch as an auditor of the branch accounts. Dave is a keen photographer, IT nerd and licenced radio amateur.
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