[6] At the 2019 United Kingdom general election, Burgess stood as the Green candidate in Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey.

Burgess was elected as an additional Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Highlands and Islands region.

[10] Burgess has campaigned against Highland Council’s decision to grant planning permission to a golf course development at an environmentally sensitive site at Coul Links near Embo, Sutherland.

[4] Her brother Steve Burgess is a Green councillor in the City of Edinburgh for the Southside / Newington ward.

Burgess is author of Life Design for Women: Conscious Living as a Force for Positive Change, an imprint of Findhorn Press published on 11 February 2020.