Maureen Burgess (Mo) was born in Wimbledon in 1944 and has lived in Shooters Hill for 33 years and in Greenwich for forty years with her husband and two children. Both her children went to a primary catholic school in Greenwich. She was a cab driver for a local firm for many years and then did Freelance Auditing. Mo had her own business selling children's clothes and had shops in most of the local Hospitals. She is now retired and widowed and spends most of her time campaigning for the Conservative Party.

Mo says “I am passionate about my local area and want to improve things for the local residents who have been neglected for forty years under a Labour Council. I especially feel that older residents have had no help in any way and are fearful to go out because of anti-social behaviour and the need for greater Police numbers to adequately patrol our streets. I want to get Red Lion Lane made one-way only, as it gridlocks nearly every day and is a constant problem to the local residents. I also would like to get something done about the number of phone masts on the hill which are multiplying and being built closer to people's homes, which is very worrying. I have the time and the energy to play a very active role if I am elected as your Councillor.”