Angela McClements

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Council Nominated Board Member

After completing education, Angela worked within the Conveyancing Department at a local Solicitor firm and having gained a wealth of experience within the legal sector, moved on to work for Telford Development Corporation where she was employed for 5 years until she had children.

Angela then managed Parliamentary Constituency Offices for Bruce Grocott MP and then, following the creation of The Wrekin Constituency, Peter Bradley MP over a 15 year period. As part of this role she developed a wealth of experience in various policy fields including housing, regeneration, homelessness and social housing. Angela was dealing with the then Government from Cabinet Minsters down. She also acted as a key liaison between the Member of Parliament and Local Government.
Angela returned to the private sector working for a Commercial Property Consultancy in Shropshire. She has represented the area where she was born and brought up in Arleston since 2007, being heavily engaged in her community and worked with the Wrekin Housing Trust on an operational basis throughout this.
For 4 years Angela led a cross party group of Councillors at Telford and Wrekin Council as Chair of an award winning Scrutiny Committee. In 2015 she was promoted to the Cabinet leading on Regeneration and Communities. In 2016 this role was increased to include all major infrastructure projects, highway development and transport. This role included the lobbying for and securing multi-million capital funding from the Government for Transport Projects and the development and installation of a complex Bridge project in the Centre of Telford.
Angela is passionate about high quality social housing and knows first-hand the positive impact such homes have on families lives.