 During his term of office along with a team he helped to create training programmes and training weekends for Conservative Parliamentary candidates.Between 2006-9 he became Chairman of the Ribble Valley Conservative Association, 2009-2012 Senior Vice Chairman and the Convenor for Longridge until 2017 when he became Campaign Co-ordinator and Election Agent.He was a 3 term councillor, representing the Dilworth ward of Ribble Valley Borough Council for the Conservative Party.