About Claire Sully

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Claire Sully has spent over 20 years building technology that brings communities together — and she brings that same drive to winning campaigns and delivering for residents.

Claire's track record:

- Chair, Somerset Council Lib Dem Group — 62 members, largest outside Parliament
- Associate Lead Member for Community Resilience — a new role, appointed by the Leader of the Council in May 2026
- Contributed to national Lib Dem mental health policy, Spring Conference 2026
Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidate, Bridgwater, 2024 — grew vote share
- Stopped EDF from flooding Pawlett Hams, working with local community — became a template for a similar campaign in North Somerset
- Forced First Bus to reverse the 174 service cuts
- Led the NHS Somerset community hospital transparency campaign
- Forced a Government U-turn on a US family's immigration case
- Raised the profile of suicide prevention at Somerset Council
- Helped to deliver significant road safety improvment for many of her communities, since being elected.