She was the Conservative Party Member of Parliament ( MP ) for the constituency of Maidstone and The Weald from 1987 to 2010 .
She is a Privy Councillor and was the Member of Parliament for Maidstone from 1987 to 1997 and for Maidstone and The Weald from 1997 to 2010 . She was a social conservative and a member of the Conservative Christian Fellowship .