Diana Smith, Knaphill

Diana Smith has been a County Councillor since March 2004, when she won a by-election in Woking West.

Diana was educated at Rosebery Grammar School, Epsom, and St. Hilda's College Oxford, where she read PPE.

Diana Smith has the following roles as a County Councillor:

Member of SCC's Children and Families Select Committee;
Spokesperson for Schools and Learning and member of SCC's Schools and Learning Select Committee;
Member of SCC's Local Committee in Woking;
An SCC representative on the Basingstoke Canal Joint Management Committee.

Her career with the BBC started at The Listener. She trained as a Studio Manager, working for the BBC External Services; carried out production work with the World Service, and then with Children's Programmes, Television, on the production team at Blue Peter. She became a Producer in BBC School Radio, where her particular interest was story, drama and poetry for primary-school children.

After leaving the BBC to bring up her family, Diana continued to write for educational radio and television. She has maintained her interest in education as a Governor at Beaufort Primary School, Goldsworth Park, where she has filled a number of roles at different times, including Chair of Governors.

The arts play an important part in her life. She plays the harp, and was a founder member of the Surrey Harp Ensemble, which comes under Surrey's Youth, Music and Performing Arts umbrella.

Diana now also has her own website at:

Diana Smith - Lib Dem Councillor