Background: After a successful business career, Peter studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Oxford University as a mature student. That failed to dampen his passion for politics and combined with a desire to help people, that passion has been a feature of Peter’s work as a councillor.

Councillor: Peter was originally elected as Purbeck District Councillor for Bere Regis and Bloxworth in 2000. He then won the Egdon Heath county council seat from the Lib Dems in 2012 serving a rural area stretching from Bere Regis to Lytchett Matravers.

With the emergence of a new Dorset unitary authority Peter was elected with Laura Miller in 2019 to serve the people of West Purbeck.

After taking on a huge variety of key Council roles in the last 20 years, Peter was Deputy Leader of Dorset Council and assumed overall charge of the huge transformation programme as Dorset Council has taken on the former responsibilities of the county council and several district councils. Peter was also responsible for digital Human Resources and Diversity

Peter serves as a Parish Councillor for Bere Regis.

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