Mayor of Fareham - 2025/2026

Councillor Mrs Louise Clubley

Louise was born in Bradford Upon Avon, Wiltshire, but moved to Kiln Road, Fareham at just five weeks old. She has lived in North Fareham ever since, attending nursery and primary schools in Funtley before enrolling in the local girls' school, Wykeham House in High Street, Fareham.

Growing up, Louise had many interests outside of school. She was a Girl Guide and later became a Young Leader and enjoyed working with younger children. Her father, a keen coastal oarsman at Southsea Rowing Club, inspired her to become a coxswain and she spent many training sessions with a ladies' four crew. In 1987, she was part of the crew that won the South Coast Championships.

After leaving school, Louise worked at Abbey National Building Society. It was during this time that she met her husband, Jonathan. They have been married since 1993 and they have two grown-up daughters, Charlotte and Emily.

As a past pupil of Wykeham House School, Louise became involved in the Old Girls Association, gathering archives and eventually writing a book for the school's centenary celebration, which was published in print.

Louise currently works part-time at the Office for National Statistics, where she has been employed for 22 years. In her spare time, she enjoys gardening, holidays abroad, walking Tillie, the family dog, and researching her family tree, as at least six generations of her family originate from Fareham.

Louise is very interested in the youth of today and takes her role as a Governor at Uplands Primary School, seriously. She became a local Conservative member at the age of 15, joining the local Young Conservatives, where she met many of her former colleagues.

She was elected to the Council in 2016, taking the seat that her late father, Alderman John Bryant, held for many years. Both of her parents held the position of Mayor and Louise was honoured to assist her mother, Councillor Bryant, in the position of Mayoress, from 2019 to 2022, where the Mayor's tenure was extended due to the Covid19 pandemic. In fact, Louise is the first daughter of a previous Mayor to have the honour of being Mayor of Fareham herself.

Louise will continue to work quietly and concisely on ward matters, addressing residents' queries and finds it a pleasure to work with her mother as a ward colleague, especially dealing with Borough and county matters.