Cllr Gabriella Giles

Councillor for Chiswick Riverside
Council Candidate – Chiswick Riverside

Gabriella Giles has been honoured to represent Chiswick Riverside, the ward she grew up in, as a councillor since 2018. 

As a councillor for the past eight years, she has advocated for residents, from large schemes like the South Chiswick Liveable Neighbourhood to day to day cases such as securing access to council services, and has sat on more licensing panels than any other sitting councillor. 

Growing up in Grove Park, she has always been passionate about the River Thames, and currently chairs the Thames Landscape Strategy on behalf of Hounslow Council.  As a result of this, she also sits on the boards of the Thames Strategy: Kew to Chelsea, and the Joint Thames Strategy which is currently delivering a £1.8 million project as part of the TE2100 plan to ensure that London has a flood resilient future.  These roles have been fundamental in getting the council to invest in repairs to the Strand-on-the-Green wall, after 20 years of neglect, and she now sits on the council’s project board which oversees the work needed on this vital piece of infrastructure. 

Gabriella also sits as a trustee of the Chiswick Pier Trust, again on behalf of the London Borough of Hounslow, and is usually seen working the bar on fundraising days such as the Boat Race and Party on the Pier. She is also a founding member of Thames Seal Watch, and has worked to change the law around the protection of seals following the demise of Freddie Mercury in 2021. As a councillor, she regularly attends the Brentford Football Club Community Board and the Chiswick Riverside Police Ward Panel.

In her professional life, Gabriella has held many roles, predominantly around digital transformation in healthcare and currently works as a Head of Operations for a small EdTech for MedTech start-up specialising in Diabetes education. Throughout her career, she has brought innovation, creativity and a strong understanding of good governance and best practice to develop practical solutions, and does this regularly in her role as a local councillor. 

While Gabriella’s roots are international (parents from El Salvador and Ireland), she is extremely proud of the village in which she was raised, works and chooses to call home. 

Chiswick Riverside is a special jewel in the multi-cultural cosmopolitan that is Hounslow, and Gabriella can often be seen cycling around with either a camera or ukulele in tow. 

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Cllr Gabriella Giles - Local Politics

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