SANDRA Rylance stands for UKIP in Birch Ward, Chatteris, in the Fenland District Council elections.

I have lived in the fens all my life and in Chatteris for the past 19 years.

I took a Science degree with the Open University while working full-time at Cambridge University and bringing up children.

In 2005 I took early retirement to become a full-time carer to my husband Terence.

I now have three adult sons and seven grandchildren. I also have two dogs which I take for long walks twice a day.

This gives me the opportunity to meet and talk to Chatteris folk and to hear and see for myself what is good or bad about my local area.