Melksham Town Councillors (As of 17/5/10)
East Ward
Simon Bridgford-Whittick
Cllr Bridgford Whittick is a Conservative Councillor. He is married with two children and is a local Scout leader and a keen motorcyclist. His aspirations for the town are to create it as a haven for independent retailers within Wiltshire.
Address: 1, Northbrook Road, SN12 8DU.
Telephone: 01225 791768
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Sarah Cardy
Address: 42, Forest Road, SN12 7AB.
Telephone: 01225 707529
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Vic Oakman
Address: 29, Loxley Close, SN12 7BB.
Telephone: 01225 705378
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Chris Petty - Deputy Mayor
Cllr Petty is an Independent Councillor. His particular interests in the Town are Planning and the redevelopment of the Market Place.
Address: 33, Gloucester Square, SN12 7NS.
Telephone: 01225 709523
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Terri Welch
Cllr Welch is a longstanding Liberal Democrat Councillor. She has lived in Melksham for over 30 years and is passionate about the town and community. She is involved with the Carnival, youth groups, church groups and services for the elderly or disabled, the community bus and the Tourist Information Centre.
Address: 11, Devonshire Place, SN12 7DW.
Telephone: 01225 702800
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Adrienne Westbrook
Cllr Westbrook is an Independent Councillor. Her interests include improving the look of the town, ensuring Melksham accesses monies from Wiltshire and other bodies to continually improve the centre and improving the facilities for children and young people within the town.
Address:29 Sandridge Road, SN12 7BQ.
Telephone: 01225 704584
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Simon White
Simon White Conservative Town Councillor lives in St Andrews Road with his wife Valerie. He has two grown up children. He was brought up in Warminster with family connections in the farming world. After training at Lackham College in 1963 he eventually started his own landscaping business in 1982.
He is a Chartered member of the Melksham Lions Club and President in this the 34th year. Simon has towed the Xmas float around the streets of Melksham for the club for many years and has also helped organise many charitable events with the club.
Simon is anxious to improve the amenity and play areas in Melksham for future generations and in particular keep the litter to a minimum at all times.
Address: 28, St Andrews Road, SN12 7DE.
Telephone: 01225 704428 Mobile: 07713262791
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North Ward
Mark Griffiths
Cllr Griffiths is a Conservative Councillor. He works on Youth Issues, including George Ward School, Community Safety and Neighbourhood Police Team Groups, District Planning and Licensing Committees. His biggest interests are getting a fair deal for all residents on Planning and Licensing issues and working to improve relations between the young in the town and the rest of the population and to have a good working relationship with the local police.
Address: 2, Vinescroft, Staverton Marina, Trowbridge, BA14 8FB.
Telephone: 01225 764132 Mobile: 07919457533
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Pamela Wiltshire
Cllr Pamela Wiltshire is Conservative Councillor. She is Chair of the Town Development Committee and the Melksham Food and Drink Festival Committee. Her aims are to enhance and promote the town of Melksham.
Address: Roundponds Farm, Shurnhold, SN12 8DF.
Telephone: 01225 708306
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Spa Ward
Peter Dauncey
Peter Dauncey is a Liberal Democrat councillor and considers himself as a community representative, working for the good of the town. He is a member of Melksham Lions, The Melksham Branch of RAFA and the Liaison member for the Melksham ATC. His interests are sensible town development, planning, and seeing our town go forward as a prospering and thriving community. He first came to Melksham with the RAF and has chosen to live here with his wife Joan. They have a son and his family residing locally. He is also Melksham Town Crier.
Address: 116 Beanacre, Upper Beanacre, Melksham, SN12 8DF.
Telephone: 01225 899315
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Rod Eaton - Mayor
Cllr Rod Eaton is a Conservative Councillor. He is the current Mayor for Melksham. He is also a Wiltshire Unitary Cllr. and Vice Chairman of Melksham Area Board. He serves Spa Ward for the Town and is the Divisional Unitary Councillor (DUC) for Melksham North. He is married to Alisia and has a daughter, son and five young grandchildren. As a Consultant Energy Industry Analyst, his qualifications include a Masters degree in Business and Fellowship of the Institute of Engineering & Technology.
Keen to bring visitors and investment to Melksham and make life easier for residents, Rod sees an extension of free car parking, litter reduction and improving the state of the roads, sidewalks and buildings in the town as essential to Melksham's promotion and success. He seeks to provide value for money services from council tax, especially in areas such as transport and waste based on practical cost-effective solutions rather than ideology.
Address: 7 Rosebrook Gardens, SN12 7TS.
Telephone: 01225 793014 07850541385 mobile
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Jon Hubbard
Jon Hubbard was elected as a Liberal Democrat to represent the Spa Ward in August 2008 after a by-election. He lives in the Snowberry Lane area in the ward and works as a lecturer at Wiltshire College in Trowbridge. Jon actively involves himself in campaigns for improving Melksham including playing a part in the campaign to bring ASDA to Melksham and working hard to deal with some of the litter problems that plague some areas of the town. You can always keep up to date with Jon's campaigns at www.jonhubbard.org.
Address: 2, Sweetbriar Road, SN12 6FR.
Telephone: 01225 807969 Mobile: 07876 611388
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Louise Smith
Cllr Smith is a Labour Councillor. She is a working Mother and has two children. She has worked to save a park in Dorset Crescent this prevented the land being built on and this has now been classed as a Town Green. Her aim for the Town is to fill the empty shops and increase employment in the area.
Address:17 Dorset Crescent, SN12 7LP
Telephone: 01225 355869
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Sheila Wilkinson
Councillor Sheila Wilkinson is a long standing councillor who serves on several committees/groups including Forest & Sandridge Governing Body, Melksham & District French Twinning Association, Riverside Committee, Friends of Melksham Hospital Committee, Melksham Charities, Melksham Rainbow Club to name but a few.
Address: 26, Sandridge Road, SN12 7BG.
Telephone: 01225 704325
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Richard Wiltshire
Conservative Councillor Richard lives at Shurnhold, Melksham, with his wife Pamela, they have three older children. A local man, he works in construction and development. He has been involved with Melksham Town Council since 1974, as Chairman he signed the town’s twinning charter with the French town of Avon in 1980 and looks forward to the 30th anniversary. He helped establish the Rachel Fowler Centre and the early renovations of the Assembly Hall. Joining the Town and District Council again in 2003 he strongly supported Knorr-Bremse and other employment for the area. He has encouraged the thriving town cinema; the town centre improvement scheme; the Lidl development and emerging new Countrywide and ASDA stores; also the new Town Crier competition and Food Festival. As Mayor he has been aware of the tremendous contribution to the town made by our voluntary groups, he is pleased to have increased the grants to these whilst reducing the cost of running the council. Chairing Melksham Trust, he believes that a restored Wilts and Berks canal will regenerate the river area of Melksham adding to the character and prosperity of our town.
Address: Roundponds Farm, Shurnhold, Melksham. SN12 8DF.
Telephone: 01225 708306
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