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Brenda Porter is a Councillor for the Ainsdale ward of Sefton Borough Council and is the Conservative Party Prospective MP for the Southport constituency at the next General Election.

Biography
Brenda was brought up mostly in Hong Kong where as a child she attended the King George V School in Kowloon.

After meeting her husband Ken who worked in the Halewood Ford Factory, and bringing up her three children Brenda concentrated her efforts on working for charitable organisations, and quickly took up management positions as a result of her hardwork.

Councillor
Brenda is not a career politician, she experienced life first and learned of the frustrations of fellow residents of Sefton whilst working for successive charities. She had always been a natural Conservative Party supporter though never actually involved. When first elected in 2000 she started with a majority of just 3 votes, but by getting the basics right, by listening to residents and acting on their requests, they put their trust in her and gave her their vote. In successive years, her vote increased massively, when the fortunes of the Conservative Party in Sefton and across the country were showing a loss. In the Sefton Council Elections 2008, Brenda had increased her majority to xxxxxxxxxx and for the first time in many years saw the Conservative Party votes across Southport outweigh those of the Liberal Democrats.

Prospective MP
In early 2007, Mark Bigley, the chosen candidate for the Conservatives in Southport (who had also stood for the 2005 General Election) stood down leaving a huge void in one of the key seats for the Conservative Party in the North West. Many names were banded around as a possible successor but there was only one natural choice that could garner the support of both the local Conservative Association and the voters of Southport. But to be selected as

Due to the massive amount of work Brenda had done since being selected as the Prospective Conservative MP for the Southport Constituency David Cameron the Leader of the Conservative Party Her Majesty's Offical Opposition visited the town to commend Councillor Porter for her lead in saving the town's market hall.

As revealed on the Conservative Home website, Brenda will be the oldest person to enter parliament as a new MP should she be elected at the next General Election