About

Sue James lives with her husband in Carnyorth along with their cockapoo and a few chickens. She has two grown up daughters the oldest living in Bristol and the youngest working as a nurse at Treliske.

Sue has a professional background having worked for more than 20 years supervising offenders. She has also worked locally, as a Driving Instructor and more recently an investigator helping local public sector organisations improve and learn from errors. This work included completing Serious Case Reviews for Childrens’ Services and the Multi-Agency Public Protection Board.

• Sue has a Masters in Business Administration.
• She chairs Lands End Peninsula Community Land Trust, a charitable company that holds assets for the benefit of the community – projects include leasing Bosavern Community Farm so the community could raise funds & make the business case to buy it; building 8 homes in Pendeen for locals; leasing the skate park area of St Just Recreation Ground to provide a new, state of the art skate park facility; and work has begun to provide a community cemetery in Pendeen.
• Sue supports the Penzance Food Bank, enabling people in St Just and Pendeen to both donate and receive food from the project.
• Sue has also facilitated a group achieve International Dark Sky Park status for the West Penwith section of Cornwall’s National Landscape (former AONB) and continues to Chair the Steering Group.

Sue James became a Town Councillor on St Just Town Council, in a by-election in 2007 and was the town mayor May 2012 – May 2013, when she stood and was elected to Cornwall Council. May 2017 saw Sue re-elected onto Cornwall Council and she re-joined the Town Council. For 2 years, she was a Member of the Cornwall Council Cabinet with the Portfolio of Environment and Public Protection.

Leading up to the 2021 Council elections, Sue decided not to re-stand for Cornwall Council as she was a carer for her dad, living with dementia, and his needs were increasing. She stood for St Just Town Council and was elected unopposed and became Mayor, for the 2nd time until May 2024.

Sue’s father died in January 2022, aged 94 years. Sue is again taking up a caring role, as her husband has developed dementia so will not be standing for Council again.

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