My Background
I love our area. I was born in Portsmouth but went to school in Liss and Liphook. My career started as a carer in Hindhead doing day and night shifts in dementia care.
I was lucky enough to later move to Brussels to start a dream career in the EU institutions.
When we left the EU in 2020, I moved back to the UK and isolated with my grandparents to care for them during the COVID-19 lockdown.
Like everyone, my politics is shaped by my experience. I am passionate about the need to fix our NHS and social care sector, and I am a staunch internationalist.
As a young person today, it’s difficult not to be anxious about the future. I’m deeply concerned about our environment, and the difficulty my generation have in finding a place to call home.
I am determined to fix the enormous challenges our country faces. I believe in the power of practical, progressive ideas that get things done.
I believe local politics has real power to improve and protect our communities.
I joined the Liberal Democrats in 2016 thanks to a Lib Dem campaign to protect a public aviary from Conservative cuts.
That aviary still stands today and you’ll rarely see it without someone admiring the animals.
We win when we show that politics can work for local people.
From housing to the environment, our tomorrow depends on our policy today.
That’s why I’m an environmentalist, that’s why I believe we need more affordable homes, and that’s why I campaign to address child poverty.
Without change, we are banking up huge problems for ourselves and the next generation.
Our health system is in critical condition.
Polls show voters backed Labour and the Lib Dems in 2024 with healthcare as a top issue.
With my background in social care, I know there is no route to fixing healthcare without addressing the crisis in social care.
The best care keeps people safe and independent at in the community for as long as possible. That is the best way to protect our NHS and give people the dignity they deserve.
We can’t meet these challenges with a broken politics.
Liberal Democrats believe politics can do good, but it needs to be set up differently.
I have worked in a Parliament that has genuinely proportional representation, where coalitions and consenus are normal.
I am a strong supporter of proportional representation and a federal constitution.
Charlie Murphy 