Tessa, 40, is married with three children. She is a Communications Consultant in the electric vehicle industry, having previously worked for defence company Babcock. She grew up in Weston-super-Mare and has lived and worked in and around Exeter for nearly 20 years.

She is campaigning to ‘Get Exeter Moving’ and end the near gridlock caused by the Labour-run Highways and Traffic Orders Committee (HATOC). Tessa is calling for the removal of all Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs) until the community can be properly consulted. She has also raised concerns that the introduction of LTNs without proper community consent may be a step toward the imposition of policies like London’s deeply unpopular ULEZ in Exeter.