Caroline Nokes was born in Lyndhurst in June 1972 and has lived in the immediate Romsey area all her life. She attended various local schools, including Romsey Abbey Primary School, Romsey School and La Sagesse Convent.
It was during my shift in the Speaker’s Chair on Tuesday that we had both Sir Keir Starmer’s final speech to the House as PM and Andy Burnham’s first as PM in waiting, which certainly caused some excitement. The House was absolutely packed, and at times more than a little bad tempered, but it