Councillor Lisa Northover

Lisa Northover joined the Lib Dem team in Boscombe West with a lot of experience campaigning outside of party politics for local, and green issues, including six years involved with regeneration in the area and cycling.

The local elections in 2007 returned Lisa as one of Boscombe West's Councillors, along side two Conservatives.

A campaigner for breastfeeding and the health of children in both the developed and developing world, Lisa backs the boycot Nestle campaign, because of their irresponsible behaviour, and the Breastfeeding Manifesto.

• Breastfeeding Manifesto (opens in a new window)

• Boycott Nestle UK (opens in a new window)

Lisa is a director of the Baby Milk action campaign, and was short listed for a Sheila McKechnie Consumer Action award. The awards were given out by Gordon Brown in April 2007.

• Sheila Mckechnie 2007 Consumer Action award (opens in a new window)

• Baby milk action (opens in a new window)

Lisa is also an accredited La Leche League Leader (Breastfeeding Counsellor), a volunteer for the Boscombe food co-op, and backs the whitedot campaign - the international campaign against television.

• Whitedot (opens in a new window)

• Boscombe Whole Food Co-op (opens in a new window)

• La Leche League (opens in a new window)

Elected onto the Neighbourhood Management board in 2004, and chair of the board since November 2006, Lisa is already involved with local service delivery as NM co-ordinates the Council, Police, NHS, and other Government organisations. Wireless internet access and ensuring the revised planning rules meet the needs of local residents are two key initiatives running at the moment. Lisa was a non-executive director of Bournemouth primary care trust for 18 months, until it merged with Poole PCT.

• Neighbourhood Management (opens in a new window)

Lisa lives in Boscombe with husband Dominic and children Matilda, Joseph, Monty, and Isaac. Lisa plays the violin, as do most of the rest of the family, in the Coda Fiddle Orchestra.

Contact details for Lisa.