Flo Clucas has been an active local and European politician since 1981. She was a member of the SDP and later the Liberal Democrats. In 1986 she was elected to Liverpool City Council and she headed up European affairs from 1998. She moved to Cheltenham in 2012, where she was elected in 2014. During her career she has also been a dental nurse, civil servant and teacher. She is a Cabinet member and representative for the party on European affairs at the Local Government Association. She was appointed OBE in 2005.