Flick and her family live in Southsea. She is married to Hereward who is from a naval family, they have 4 grown up children. Flick works as the Director of Corporate Affairs for the Conservative Middle East Council.

Flick has a BA (Hons) degree in South-East Asian Studies from Hull University and has a Masters degree in Global Politics and International Relations which she achieved as a mature student at Southampton University. After university she worked in London as an insurance broker before taking time out of the work place to have her 4 children. In London she was a member of the Territorial Army.

While she was bringing up the family she was an active member of the Winchester and Eastleigh Community Health Council chairing the acute group, she also chaired the local branch of the National Childbirth Trust and became a Winchester City Councillor.

In 1994 she trained as a lay school inspector for OFSTED and inspected primary schools around the country including Portsmouth.

From 1999-2004 she lived in New York where her husband was working and saw at first hand the devastation of September 11 and the aftermath.

Flick stood as the parliamentary candidate in Southampton Itchen in 2005 for the last 6 weeks of the General Election and was appointed as the parliamentary candidate in Portsmouth South in 2007.

Flick wrote the report for the Social Workers Commission, ‘No More Blame Game – the Future for Children’s Social Workers’.

Flick’s Experience

Flick continues to campaign on behalf of residents. She has a wide range of experience and knowledge of the world having lived in many different countries. Her work as a school inspector has given her a good insight into the education system and she would like to see teachers be given the opportunity for more professional development during their careers. She is determined that the education standards in Portsmouth will improve and is a school governor in Portsmouth.

Flick is particularly concerned with anti-social behaviour on Portsmouth streets and will be working with the local police to find ways of stopping the mindless vandalism and behaviour that is affecting our daily lives in Portsmouth.

She has already had to use the new building at QA hospital in Cosham when she broke her wrist and has seen the new pathology laboratory which is world class. Flick is concerned that access to outpatient services is maintained in the south of the city and transport links with QA improved.

As a former city councillor, Flick had to deal with many issues which affect everyone including housing, transport and crime. She is hoping that the recommendations outlined in the report on social workers will be implemented by all Children’s Services.

Flick has been an active campaigner for the Conservatives since 1993. She has also done some campaigning in the United States for John McCain in 2000 and worked with the League of Women Voters in the States which seeks to educate the population on policies and do research on national and local issues.

She was a full time candidate campaigning in Portsmouth for 3 years making sure that all the residents of Portsmouth’s views were heard and would have been a full time Member of Parliament with no other sources of income. Sadly she was not elected in 2010 but she continues to live in Southsea and is an active member of the local community as a school governor and trustee of the Citizens Advice Bureau.