The New Face of Tory Politics ; Last Month a South Devon Doctor Broke On to the Political Scene After She Was Chosen in the First Ever Open Postal Vote of an Entire Constituency to Select the Conservative Candidate to Replace Anthony Steen in the Totnes Ward. As She Set Out to Meet More People in the Constituency Dr Sarah Wollaston Spoke to Reporter Paul Greaves

Herald Express; Torquay (UK) › September 08, 2009

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WHEN you are feted as a mouldbreaker and the prototype for a new voter-friendly kind of politics, it helps to live up to the billing.

Fortunately Dr Sarah Wollaston, 47, has chosen the perfect moment to make her entrance on to the political stage, and she has time on her side.

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The New Face of Tory Politics ; Last Month a South Devon Doctor Broke On to the Political Scene After She Was Chosen in the First Ever Open Postal Vote of an Entire Constituency to Select the Conservative Candidate to Replace Anthony Steen in the Totnes Ward. As She Set Out to Meet More People in the Constituency Dr Sarah Wollaston Spoke to Reporter Paul Greaves

Time to enjoy her honeymoon period, to plan her general election campaign, and reflect on a remarkable course of events which has taken her from campaigning rural doctor, wife and mum-ofthree to the brink of a career in Westminster.

It helps that all the things said about Sarah have, so far, been kind. Even her political rivals for the post-Steenian seat of Totnes have fallen over themselves to congratulate her on becoming the Conse...

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