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Hardcore porn director Anna Arrowsmith to stand as Gravesham MP

By: KentOnline reporter multimediadesk@thekmgroup.co.uk

Published: 12:05, 11 March 2010

Updated: 12:26, 11 March 2010

Anna Arrowsmith, director of hardcore porn, standing for Liberal Democrats in Gravesham

by Danny Boyle

Britain's first female director of hardcore porn films is aiming to become Gravesham's MP.

Anna Arrowsmith, 38, has been selected as the Liberal Democrat candidate for the borough at the looming general election.

The boss of adult film company Easy on the Eye, she has made about 300 movies and her book teaching couples how to make porn at home has sold more than 22,000 copies.

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She will be standing for Parliament against Labour candidate Kathryn Smith and the current MP, Conservative Adam Holloway, in the election expected on May 6.

In a message posted on her Twitter page, Mrs Arrowsmith says: "From porn to Parliament, here I come!"

Mrs Arrowsmith, who goes under the pseudonym Anna Span, lives in Tunbridge Wells with her husband Tim.

Audio: Anna Arrowsmith, on her move from porn to Parliament

She was named best director in the 2008 and 2009 UK Adult Film and Television Awards.

A Liberal Democrat spokesman said: "The Liberal Democrats are proud to have candidates throughout the country with a great diversity of backgrounds and life experiences.

"Anna will be a strong candidate for Gravesham and with her family links to the area we believe she is the best person to bring fairness to local people."

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