The Labour candidate for May 2024 in Lydiard & Freshbrook is Leon Grother. Leon is hoping to join Sean Wilson and Repi Begum as Labour Councillors for the area.

Leon is a product development manager at a local pharmaceutical development and manufacturing company where he has been employed for over 25 years.  In this role he has gained experience of risk management, negotiation, planning and budgeting all of which will help in the role of councillor.

Leon has lived in Grange Park for over 20 years during which time he has volunteered to help charity and sporting events and other community activities such as litter picking. He is a keen advocate for environmental concerns and is proud to be an investor in Westmill Wind Farm which is the South of England’s first 100% community owned onshore windfarm   He enjoys running and travel and often combining the two, having ran half Marathons and Marathons in several European cities.