"[10] For some years, she was a member of the Local Government Association's General Assembly[14] and for a time her name was on the Conservative Party 'A' List of parliamentary candidates.

[16] This includes the parishes of Biddestone (with Slaughterford), Castle Combe, Hullavington, Grittleton, Nettleton, North Wraxall, and Yatton Keynell.

[19] On 27 August 2015 it was announced that on the nomination of David Cameron she was to be created a life peer, giving her a seat in the House of Lords.

[24] She resigned as a councillor in February 2020, and in March Nick Botterill, a former Leader of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham was selected as the new Conservative candidate for By Brook.

[26][27] Baroness Scott of Bybrook piloted many key government Bills in the 2022-23 Session of Parliament, including the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023, and the Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023, and was the Government spokesperson on a number of successful Private Members' Bills in that Session.