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| Committees A Committee system operates on the Town Council, each committee has special functions, meets regularly and reports back to full Council. Town Councillors are also appointed to represent the Council on various outside groups and organisations. The Mayor - ipso facto - sits on all committees From May 2009 the Council most committees will also include CO-OPTED members of the public who are "interested parties" to the issues involved Committees 2011 Bradwell Local Community Liaison Council Cllrs Wargent and Urquhart Meets twice yearly at Mundon near Maldon Bradwell Monitoring Committee Chair shared between Cllrs Wargent and Urquhart Cllr Eric Straughan David Bragg - Charles Clark - Ian Crossley - Barry Turner Colchester Biodiversity Steering Group ~ Cllr Urquhart Executive Committee of the Colchester Association of Local Councils CALC - Cllr Mogridge Footpaths - Footways and Cycle Paths Committee Chair Cllr. Urquhart Cllr John May - Cllr Eric Straughan - John Barner - Jo McDonough - Janey Martin Crime and Safety Committee Chair Cllr Alan Mogridge Cllr Belinda Cross - Cllr Wendy Bixby - Cllr Eric Straughan Waterside Forum Chair - Cllr Beverley Perkins Cllr Peter Clements - Cllr Belinda Cross Ian Clark - Richard Haward - Peter Jezard - Steve Vince - Clive MIlls - Rob Moffatt - John Welham Environment Committee/Parks & Open Spaces Chair - Cllr Clements Cllr Urquhart - Cllr Wargent - Cllr Perkins - Cllr Bixby Charlotte Banks - Ian Crossley - Stephen Vince - Trevor Wright Transport Traffic Committee/roads, public transport (including schools) and parking Chair - Cllr Clements Cllr John May - Cllr Eric Straughan Charles Clark - Alan Rogers Twinning Liaison - Cllr Mogridge Health Liaison Committee Chair -Cllr Clements Cllr John May - Cllr Sylvia Wargent Dave Bragg - Pat Richardson - M.Daniels Website and Newsletter (www.westmersea.org) Cllr Wargent Personell Committee Diamond Jubilee Working Group Youth Interest Group Beach Working Group |
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Member of Parliament The Hon Bernard Jenkin MP House of Commons London S.W.1 OAA Surgeries - 167b London Road, Stanway Colchester CO3 5PB also at Unit C2 East Gores Farm Coggeshall Essex CO6 1RZ Tel: 01376 564292 Email: gunnf@parliament.uk Website - www.bernardjenkinmp.com Return to top of page |
| MEET YOUR COUNCILLORS (this page is in the process of being updated) |
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Cllr Sylvia Wargent |
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Cllr Belinda Cross |
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Below - A photo of the old Urban District Council for West Mersea |
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| The above picture shows the old Urban District Council in 1966 - 67 top row - Ernie Vince - Fred Amos - Glennie Cock - Reg D'Wit - Leslie Haines bottom row - Betty Winch - Bill Carrington (Town Clerk) - Mrs Cox (Chairman) E. Banner (Surveyor) - Dolly Hall - Lois Dawson I am indebted to Ron Green for a copy of this picture |
| PAST CHAIRMAN OF WEST MERSEA URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL West Mersea Urban District Council was inaugarated in 1955 1955 - 56 F.Cass 1956 - 57 F.Cass 1957 - 58G.A.Cock 1958 - 59 G.A.Cock 1959 - 60 C.A.Mussett 1960 - 61 W.H.Harrison 1961 - 62 W.H.Harrison 1962 - 63 A.S.Aldous 1963 - 64 G.A.Cock 1964 - 65 E.A.Vince 1965 - 66 A.S.Aldous 1966 - 67 Mrs. E.I.Cox 1967-68 Mrs. E.I.Cox 1968 - 69 Mrs. D.V.Hall 1969 - 70 Mrs. D.V.Hall 1970-71 A.A.Ewbank 1971 - 72 A.A.Ewbank 1972 - 73 A.M.Gray 1973-74 A.M.Gray West Mersea Urban District Council was disbanded in 1974 and replaced by the Town Council. It was then allowed to elect a Mayor - at the present time the title of Mayoress does not exist under our constitution - however we do accept it as a courtesy title PAST MAYORS OF MERSEA TOWN COUNCIL 1974-75 A.H.Smith 1975-76 E.A.Vince 1976 - 77 A.M.Gray 1977-78 F.H.Osborn 1079-80 Mrs.P.Williams 1980-81 D.Cooper 1981-82 D.Cooper 1982-83 R.D'Wit 1983-84 L. Broadhurst 1986 -87 L. Broadhurst 1986 - 87 A.Birmingham 1987-88 D.Cooper 1988-89 L. Broadhurst 1989-90 L. Broadhurst 1990-91 J. Jowers 1991-92 R. D'Wit 1992-93 Mrs. P. Stewart 1993-94 S.Banks 1994-95 Mrs. M. Hargreaves 1995-96 May - Jan P. French 1995-96 Feb - April Mrs. P. Stewart 1996-97 Mrs. M. Hargreaves 1997-98 Mrs. P. Stewart 1999-2000 Mrs. S. Wargent 2000=2001 E. Straughan 2001-2002 Mrs D. Norman 2002 - 2003 A. Mogridge 2003-2004 D. Stoker 2004 - 2005 D. Stoker 2005-2006 A. Mogridge 2006-2007 P. Clements 2007-2008 A. Mogridge 2008 - 2009 A. Mogridge 2009 - 2010 P. Clements 2010-2011 J. May 2011 - 2012 J May |