Simon Burgess who is Labour's candidate to succeed Des Turner as MP for Brighton Kemptown at the next General Election has joined the Sussex & Kent ME/CFS as a patron.
Simon has worked in the NHS, in the transport industry and publishing, been a carer, and is unusual as a politician in having worked as both a private sector manager and as a public sector trade union representative. For the past twelve years he has been both a full-time and part-time parliamentary assistant to Des Turner MP. He served as a local councillor for 8 years and for a year was the Leader of Brighton & Hove City Council.