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Bodmin Town Council
Shire House, Mount Folly
Bodmin, PL31 2DQ
Tel: (01208) 74159
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St Mary's Ward

Councillor C R Bell BSc(Hons) M.R.I.C.S M.B.Eng

Contact via Council Offices: Tel: 01208 74159

Member of the Council's Properties Standing Committee. Councillor Bell is the Council's representative on the following outside body: the Police Liaison Committee.

Start Date: 20 November 2003 to February 2005 and 26 August 2008 to date
Political Banner: Independent
Main Career: Chartered Building Surveyor - Managing Director of Surveying South West Ltd
Interests: One of the founders of Bodmin Community Cinema, Rotary Club of Bodmin, volunteering for National Trust, fledgling watercolour painting
Pay Status: Co-opted (unpaid)

Councillor A J Coppin

20 Jubilee Terrace, Bodmin
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Chairman of the Council's Planning Committee and Member of the Council's Properties and Finance, Staffing and Performance Management Standing Committees. Councillor Coppin sits on the CCTV Sub Committee and is the Council's representative on the following outside bodies: Bodmin Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Liaison Deputy), Citizen's Advice Bureau, Partners and Communities Together (PACT), Bodmin Riding and Heritage and the Police Liaison Committees.

Start Date: 24 May 2007
Political Banner: Independent
Main Career: New / used car sales manager for SEAT Main dealership (West End Motors)
Interests: Spending time with family, D.I.Y. local affairs, film & TV, internet, cars, walking
Pay Status: Co-opted (unpaid)

Councillor M J Griffiths

Tel: 07917851805
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Member of the Council's Promotions and Properties Standing Committees. Councillor Griffiths sits on the CCTV Sub Committee and is also the Council's representative on the following outside body: the Police Liaison Committee.

Start Date: 24 August 2001 - Mayor - 2007-2008
Political Banner: Independent
Main Career: Before becoming disabled in 2002 I was self-employed as a Registered Childminder in Milton Keynes, where I had lived for some 11 years before being able to move back home to Bodmin in 1999
Interests: Art, reading, history
Pay Status: Elected Allowance of £180.00 p.a.

Councillor J H Hartill

17 St Leonards, Bodmin PL31 1LA
Tel: 01208 73676
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Member of the Council's Policy, Planning and Promotions Standing Committees. Councillor Hartill is the Council's representative on the following outside bodies: Friends of the Camel Trail Group, Bodmin Riding and Heritage and the Police Liaison Committees.

Start Date: 24 May 2007
Political Banner: Independent
Main Career: Printer (Retired)
Interests: Art, Archaeology
Pay Status: Co-opted (unpaid)

Councillor P Kerridge

14 Quarry Park Terrace, Bodmin PL31 2QD
Tel: 01208 76714
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Member of the Council's Policy, Promotions, Planning and Finance, Staffing and Performance Management Standing Committees. Councillor Kerridge sits on the Beacon LNR Management/Advisory Group and Bodmin Joint St Piran's Sub Committees. He is also the Council's representative on the following outside bodies: Citizen's Advice Bureau (Deputy), Partners and Communities Together (PACT) and the Police Liaison Committees.

Start Date: 7 May 2003
Political Banner: Liberal Democrat
Main Career: Librarian (Retired)
Interests: My allotment, Somerset CCC, reading, politics, walking
Pay Status: Elected Allowance of £180.00 p.a.

Councillor K W Stubbs (Deputy Mayor)

8 Beech Drive, Bodmin, Pl31 1QA
Mobile: 07769532803

Chairman of the Council's Properties Committee and Member of the Council's Planning, Promotions and Finance, Staffing and Performance Management Standing Committees. Councillor Stubbs also sits on the Museum and CCTV Sub Committees and is the Council's representative on the following outside bodies: Grass Valley Twinning, Partners and Communities Together (PACT), St Lawrence's Church Trustees (Deputy) and the Police Liaison Committees.

Start Date: 21 Aug 2008
Political Banner: Independent
Main Career: Textile Technical Manager (Retired)
Interests: Travel, Gardening, Genealogy
Pay Status: Co-opted (unpaid)

Councillor H G Vanderwolfe

'Geomar' 9 Sherwood Drive, Bodmin PL31 2PR
Tel: 01208 76538

Chairman of the Council's Policy Committee and Member of the Council's Planning and Finance, Staffing and Performance Management Standing Committee. Councillor Vanderwolfe is also the Council's representative on the following outside body: the Police Liaison Committee.

Start Date: 3 August 1992
Political Banner: Independent
Main Career: Psychiatric Nurse (Retired)
Interests: Genealogy, Football, Cricket, Sports, Novelty Pen Collecting, Drama, Light Infantry (D-Day Veteran)
Pay Status: Elected Allowance of £180.00 p.a. (but not drawn)

St Petroc's Ward

Councillor E T Denholm OBE DL

'Trehere' 43 St Nicholas St, Bodmin PL31 1AF
Tel: 01208 72963
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Chairman of the Council's Finance, Staffing and Performance Management Committee and Member of the Council's Planning Standing Committee. Councillor E T Denholm also sits on the CCTV Sub Committee and is the Council's representative on the following outside bodies: Grass Valley Twinning and the Police Liaison Committees.

Start Date: 11 May 1987 (Mayor five times)
Political Banner: Independent
Main Career: Royal Navy - 35 Years (Retired as Captain)
Interests: Music (Country to Classical), Literature (Shakespeare to Larsson), Computers (ECDL), Local Government (ex-NCDC), Service Charities(SSAFA Forces Help, TRBL, RNA, RNOA), Church
Pay Status: Elected Allowance of £180.00 p.a.

Councillor M Denholm

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Member of the Council's Policy and Finance, Staffing and Performance Management Standing Committees. Councillor M Denholm is the Council's representative on the following outside bodies: Bodmin Chamber of Commerce and Industry, French Twinning and the Police Liaison Committees.

Start Date: 23 Aug 2004
Pay Status: Elected Allowance of £180.00 p.a.

Councillor M E Dominey

Councillor E M Dominey

Tel: 01208 76258

Member of the Council's Policy Standing Committee. Councillor Dominey also sits on the Bodmin in Bloom, Beacon LNR Management/Advisory Group and Bodmin Joint St Piran's Sub Committees. She is the Council's representative on the following outside bodies: Partners and Communities Together (PACT) and the Police Liaison Committees.

Start Date: 23 Nov 2006
Political Banner: Independent
Main Career: Joined NHS to begin nurse training in 1967. Then went on to qualify as Midwife. After working as a Midwife, joined University of Plymouth as lecturer in Midwifery until retirement in 2007
Interests: Voluntary advisor for Citizen’s Advice Bureau, gardening, walking, new grandmother
Pay Status: Elected Allowance of £180.00 p.a.

Councillor L G J Kennedy

Tel: 07528983384
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Member of the Council's Policy and Properties Standing Committees. Councillor Kennedy sits on the CCTV Sub Committee and is the Council's representative on the following outside bodies: Partners and Communities Together (PACT), Grass Valley Twinning and the Police Liaison Committees. In addition, Councillor Kennedy is an elected Cornwall Councillor (Cornwall Divisional Member for Bodmin East and Portfolio Holder for Community Safety and Protection).

Start Date: 19 Jun 2003 - Deputy Mayor in 2004 and Mayor in 2005 and 2006
Political Banner: Member of the Conservative party
Main Career: 1969 – 1997 Police Service
Interests: Interests now take a back seat to full time representative duties as a Cornwall Councillor and Town Councillor but when able, reading, sport, pets and films
Pay Status: Elected Allowance of £180.00 p.a. (but not drawn)

Councillor R Micek

Tel: 07780778884
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Member of the Council's Policy, Properties and Finance, Staffing and Performance Management Standing Committees. Councillor Micek sits on the Beacon LNR Management/Advisory Group and Bodmin Joint St Piran's Sub Committees and is the Council's representative on the following outside bodies: CALC (Cornwall Association of Local Councils) including CALC Larger Local Councils Council and the Police Liaison Committee.

Start Date: 23 Aug 2001
Political Banner: Independent
Main Career: NHS Sernior manager - 1973 - 2009 (Retired)
Interests: Chairman of a number of local groups including Street Pastors, Director/Trustee of a number of charities, school govenor, member of the Parocial Church Council, walking, travel, reading, Executive member of Cornwall Association of Local Councils.
Pay Status: Elected Allowance of £180.00 p.a.

Councillor R Solomons (Mayor)

13 Launceston Road, Bodmin, PL31 2AL, Tel: 01208 74609
Mob: 07792663196
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Chairman of the Council and Ex officio Member of the Council's Policy, Properties, Planning, Promotions, and Finance, Staffing and Performance Management Standing Committees. Councillor Solomons sits on the CCTV Sub Committee and is the Council's representative on the following outside bodies: CALC (Cornwall Association of Local Councils) including CALC Larger Local Councils Council (Deputy), French Twinning and the Police Liaison Committees.

Start Date: 7 May 1991 to May 1999 and 24 May 2007 to date
Political Banner: Independent
Main Career: Manager of Bodmin Library (Retired)
Interests: Room Guide for National Trust (Lanhydrock), golf, swimming, Treasurer of Bodmin French Twinning Association (member for 28 years), helping with Bodmin Age Concern luncheons with wife, Nola.
Pay Status: Mayor's Allowance for Public Engagements - £1489.59 p.a. (No civic car available)

Councillor L A Spear

Tel: 01208 78141

Chairman of the Council's Promotions Standing Committee and Member of the Council's Properties and Finance, Staffing and Performance Management Committees. Councillor Spear sits on the CCTV Sub Committee and is the Council's representative on the following outside body: the Police Liaison Committee.

Start Date: 7 May 1991 - Mayor twice - 1995 - 1996, 1999 - 2000
Political Banner: Independent
Main Career: Worked mainly in community development across Cornwall, with special knowledge of housing issues (Chairman of Community Services on the former North Cornwall District Council)
Interests: People, travel, walking, watching motor car/cycle racing, reading, crosswords, Suduko
Pay Status: Elected Allowance of £180.00 p.a.

Councillor N J R Walter

Tel: 07540803407
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Member of the Council's Properties, Planning and Promotions Standing Committees. Councillor Walter also sits on the Bodmin in Bloom, Beacon LNR Management/Advisory Group, Museum and CCTV Sub Committees. He is the Council's representative on the following outside bodies: Bodmin Riding and Heritage and the Police Liaison Committees.

Start Date: 19 Oct 2010
Political Banner: Liberal Democrats
Main Career: Sales and Marketing Director, manufacturing wine storage products which also designs and builds wine cellars/ wine rooms and I am the other half of Roscrea B&B in Bodmin
Interests: Bodmin; cooking; walks on the Moor and around the coast; reading and collecting books; my garden and my chickens
Pay Status: Elected Allowance of £180.00 p.a. (but not drawn)