DAVE WRIGHT
Claire Wright, East Devon
“Claire sort of slipped into politics. Fighting to save Honiton Hospital maternity services in 2004 set the ball rolling.
“When she joined Ottery St Mary Town Council around 2007 she said it would be a “few Mondays” every month. Having a busy job myself, I questioned how on earth we were going to fit everything in.
“She has since managed to fit in ousting the then leader of East Devon District Council in 2010, and then become Devon county councillor the following year with the biggest majority in the South West.
Mr Wright has taken on the role of political agent, dealing with the finances and signing forms. He said: “I have had to get used to people saying things like, ‘Will you be Claire’s secretary on £30-35k, like Hugo’s [sitting East Devon MP Hugo Swire] wife?’ ”
He said that standing for MP was something that became inevitable.
“It dawned on me before Claire that it had become her duty to stand.”
They carried out a survey among East Devon residents which formed the backbone of Claire’s manifesto.
“I have been staggered by people’s generosity of time and money,” he said.
“Scores and scores of donors have contributed their own money to the campaign, and there is an army of deliverers – it really is quite humbling.
“My daughter Katie and I will burst with pride if she gets elected, but we will have to ask Nanny and Grandad to help us out even more than they do at the moment.”
East Devon Watch 
I have only had one occasion when seeing both young Katie and Claire’s husband, and the way they both supported her in the time spent with the public, and the emphasis of the priority of their views, which is so important to this young lady.
This is the reason why as an Independent her views are so different to Hugo’s Tories who say, We are all in it together policy.
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