She has lived in the South Wales Central region since 1993; ten years in Cardiff Central and Cardiff West constituencies, and then eight years in the Vale of Glamorgan.

Parrott lives with her husband and two children in Rhoose, in the Vale of Glamorgan.

[1] Parrott contested the Vale of Glamorgan seat at the 2010 general election.

[3] She became the first Welsh Liberal Democrat to be elected to the South Wales Central Assembly region in 2011 after the first candidate, John Dixon, failed to be reinstated following his suspension.

In July 2011 she was given the Enterprise, Transport, Europe and Business portfolios by the Welsh leader Kirsty Williams.