Seven years in Tynwald an 'eye opener' for former MLC
A former TV journalist and producer, Sharpe was first elected the the Legislative Council in 2018, topping the poll when she next faced election in 2020.
'Heart and souls'
Sharpe said, as an overall experience, she said it had been enlightening to discover "how hard members of Tynwald work"."Until you've actually been a member you don't realise how much work goes into it," she said."People really put their heart and souls into the role, it's been an eye opener for me."Ms Sharpe was appointed as the Isle of Man's Children Champion in 2022, which she said fed into research she was already conducting for a book about how the island has cared for its children over the past 150 years."Being children's champion I then bizarrely became part of the story that I am telling," she said.Looking ahead, the former MLC said she was aiming to to finish the book by the end of the year, and while her time in politics had come to an end she would "still be fighting the good fight".It took members of House of Keys two rounds of voting to fill the four vacancies on the Council, and the successful candidates are set to to be sworn in at a ceremony next week.
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