There is a vacancy for a Welsh Newton Parish Councillor. If you wish to be considered for co-option at the June 2019 meeting please contact the clerk or a Welsh Newton and Llanrothal Group Parish Councillor.
Cllr. Mr. Craig D. Bligh (Chairman)
Tel 01600 714451
Cllr. Craig Bligh has lived in the area for 12 years and within the Parish since 2004, having previously lived in East Sussex. He joined the Council in 2009 and was first elected Chairman in 2011. With a background in various manufacturing businesses in the UK and Australia, Craig is the Managing Director of a Lighting Control company which is based in the region and operates throughout the UK. Craig is married with two adult daughters.
Cllr: Mr. Steve Wilkes (Vice-Chairman)
Tel 01989 770689
Councillor Wilkes has lived in the parish all his life and attended Welsh Newton V.C. Primary School and Ross Secondary Modern School. After leaving school he was employed by a Welsh Newton Common based building company “Carpenter Brothers”. For the last twenty-six years he has been a self-employed general builder working mainly within a fifty mile radius of home, Councillor Wilkes married in 1985 and has two children one at university studying Medicine & Medical Psycology and the other at John Kyrle High School. He became a Councillor in 2000 and was Chairman from 2003 until 2009 and is the current Vice- Chairman
Cllr. Mr Martin P.F. Barter
Tel 01600 712744
Martin joined the council in 2016. Having worked locally and abroad, in agriculture, he now runs a company manufacturing warm stylish clothing. Although not born in the parish, many antecedents were and he has been associated with the area all his life
Cllr. Mrs. Moira Cox
Tel 01989 770288
Cllr. Cox has lived on Welsh Newton Common for the past 19 years she moved here from southeast London after spending many holidays locally. I have 1 daughter and 2 grandchildren, I have also been a Governor at Llangrove Primary School for many years which is very rewarding seeing all the children go through to High School
Cllr. Mr. Keith Simmons
Tel 01600 715667
Keith has lived in the parish since 2009 and joined the parish council in 2011. He previously lived in Monmouthshire and prior to that East Anglia and the South East. His career is in house-building, working for Taylor Wimpey. Keith is married and has a young family.
Cllr: Ms. Elissa Swinglehurst
Tel 01989 770038
moved to the parish in 2003 and has served on the parish council since about 2004. During this time she has applied for and obtained funding for the Community Access Point which ran for two years. She had been actively engaged in the Parish Plan and is leading the Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group. Special areas of interest include planning, public rights of way, the laws on flooding and the responsibilities of landowners in regard to drainage and hedges. In 2014 she wrote and directed the community play ‘Welsh Newton to Wipers’ as an act of remembrance.
Vacancy:
Cllr: Ms. Elissa Swinglehurst
Cllr. Swinglehurst was also elected in May 2019 as the Llangarron Ward Councillor
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Declaration of Result of Poll (Ward)
UNCONTESTED ELECTION RESULT – LLANROTHAL PARISH
UNCONTESTED ELECTION RESULT – WELSH NEWTON PARISH