Aiken first moved to
London in 1997, and from 2001 to 2009 was head of
public relations at
Bradford & Bingley plc. She remained a councillor until she stood down at the
2022 election. Aiken held various positions on the Council, including being the Cabinet Member for Children's Services and Public Protection & Licensing, as well as being the leader of the Council from January 2017 to January 2020. From 2015 to 2018, Aiken was a board member of the
Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service. She was also a trustee of the board of
The Royal Parks (2017–20). She later supported Prime Minister
Boris Johnson's
Brexit withdrawal deal in Parliament, and voted in favour of the
Internal Market Bill in 2020.
Member of Parliament She was selected as the Conservative Party's candidate for the
Central London seat of
Cities of London and Westminster to fight the
2019 general election. In early December 2019, Aiken left
Twitter, calling it "toxic". She has since returned to Twitter. Aiken was elected at that election with 39.9% of the vote and a majority of 3,953. In Parliament, she was a member of the
Women and Equalities Committee until September 2020. She was appointed vice chairman of the Conservative Party in October 2020, with responsibility for women. Aiken also sits on the UK Delegation for
the Council of Europe and is a Member of the
House of Commons Commission. Aiken has pushed for legislation on child safety. She has urged the Tories to increase assistance for private renters. In June 2021, she joined the Monken Hadley Common Bill Unopposed Bill Committee. Outside of politics, Aiken is a company director at Sprucespace Property Management. She has worked for the
Public Relations and Communications Association in media relations and crisis communications. == Personal life ==