Liz Houghton

Lancashire County Adviser

Liz supports NFU members and manages activity across Lancashire with fellow county adviser Aarun Naik.

This includes managing the NFU’s lobbying activities with MPs and a range of external organisations from local authorities, the police and government agencies to non-governmental organisations and relevant commercial bodies.

She also actively supports NFU group secretaries in Lancaster, Clitheroe, Bury, Preston, Blackburn, Chorley and Skelmersdale to drive NFU membership. Liz works closely with elected farmer representatives including county officeholders and members of regional and national commodity boards.

Liz is also the joint regional lead for horticulture and potatoes with Jennifer Costello and Aarun Naik and combinable crops with Laurie Norris.