Byrony Rudkin has been a local councillor for over 20 years, during which she has been the Chair of a county council and a board member of the East of England Development Agency. Rudkin has worked on the improvement and development of the Local Government Association of England and Wales, providing support and training to local authorities throughout the UK. She is currently the deputy leader of a district council, an active member of her political party at local, regional and national level and a member of the UK delegation to the Congress of the Council of Europe.  She has been elected as the new Chair of the Current Affairs Committee of the Congress of the Council of Europe. She is also the Congress Thematic Spokesperson on the European Local Democracy Week.