Your Lib Dem Councillors

Lib Dem-led Warrington Borough Council is working hard for all the people of Warrington.

Your Lib Dem Councillors are listed here by ward.

Appleton

Cllr Brian Axcell

Tel: 267540

Fax: 600139

Email baxcell@warrington.gov.uk

Cllr Ray Hancock

Tel: 261996

Fax: 499624

Email: rhancock@warrington.gov.uk

Cllr Judith Walker

Tel: 265237

Fax: 263465

Email: jwalker@warrington.gov.uk

Latest Appleton Focus.

Bewsey and Whitecross

Cllr Jo Crotty

Tel: 418668

Fax:

Email: jcrotty@warrington.gov.uk

Jo is a university professor. She has a Ph.D. in Russian Economic Transition and Pollution Control, and a first class honours degree in Business Studies. Previously she worked for PriceWaterhouseCoopers, and has lived for periods of time in the Russian Federation. She is married to Chris, a materials engineer.

Jo has been campaigning across the area on Crime, NHS cuts and the threat to GPs surgeries and the environment - issues which are of key concern to local residents. She was elected to council to represent Bewsey & Whitecross ward in May 2008 after campaigning for some time on issues in her local ward such as the closure of Lovely Lane Post Office.

Cllr Bob Timmis

Tel: 232665

Fax: 232665

Email: btimmis@warrington.gov.uk

Bob has lived in Warrington all his life. He moved to Bewsey in 2000 after marrying Karen, the vicar of St Barnabas' Church. Bob has been involved with St Barnabas on Lovely Lane since 1980 and been a Governor of St Barnabas' School for twenty-two years. Since taking early retirement from the bank, he has helped out at the school, listening to children read. Before becoming a councillor, Bob served as Secretary of the Whitecross Residents' Association. His first priorities are dealing with litter, traffic, and parking concerns throughout the ward, as well as campaigning for fair funding for the NHS and Warrington Hospital.

Bewsey and Whitecross Focus.

Grappenhall and Thelwall

Cllr Mike Biggin

Tel: 213612

Fax: 213612

Email: mbiggin@warrington.gov.uk

Mike has lived in the area since 1963 and attended Lymm Grammar School before qualifying as a teacher. He spent some time in Essex and Kent where he worked for BBC Radio Kent and Local Radio Network. Upon his return home in 1982 he worked for BBC Childrens' Television and did Supply Teaching throughout Warrington in both Primary and High Schools. Mike took early retirement in 2003 and has been a Parish Councillor for four years and a Borough Councillor since May of 2006.

"To be honest," he says " My work as a Councillor is so absorbing and demanding that I have little time for anything else, though I still do occasional work in TV and Film and continue to teach in local schools. Representing the people of Grappenhall and Thelwall is such a privilege and I get real satisfaction from working for the benefit of individuals and the Community"

Cllr Wendy Johnson

Tel: 755374

Fax: 755368

Email: wjohnson@warrington.gov.uk

Cllr Elaine Welborn

Tel: 268769

Fax: 213804

Email: ewelborn@warrington.gov.uk

Great Sankey North

Cllr Roy Smith

Tel: 654950

Fax: 444537

Email: rsmith@warrington.gov.uk

Roy has been a Borough Councillor since May 2000, having been elected to Great Sankey Parish Council the previous year. Since May 2006 he has been Executive Board Member for Community and Health, covering adult social care, leisure, culture and heritage and housing, protection and community. Roy has been vice chair and treasurer of the Warrington local party, was Chair of Great Sankey Parish Council from 2004 to 2006 and in the 2001 General Election stood as the Lib Dems candidate in Warrington North, increasing the party's share of the vote. He is a governor of two local schools.

Roy was born in Essex and has lived in Warrington since 1992. He is a qualified accountant and has worked in the voluntary sector since 1985. He now works as the Community Accountant for Warrington, working with small and medium-sized voluntary groups on all aspects of finance. He is a trustee of three local charities, including Warrington Council for Voluntary Service, of which he is the treasurer. In what little spare time he has Roy watches cricket and rugby, and enjoys gardening, walking, reading and listening to classical music.

Cllr Trudi Wood

Tel: 790712

Fax: 790712

Email: twood@warrington.gov.uk

Great Sankey South

Cllr Alan Litton

Tel: 655065

Fax: 655065

Email: alitton@warrington.gov.uk

Alan was elected onto Warrington Borough Council 3 years ago and in the past year he has been Chair of the Sustainable Environment and Regeneration Overview and Scrutiny Committee. In that capacity he has overseen work on the management of unauthorised encampments by Gypsies and Travellers, waste management issues, regeneration, the environment and transport.

Alan originates from the Rossendale Valley. After training as an engineer and working in the aircraft industry and in the manufacture of agricultural equipment, he trained as priest in the Church of England. For 10 of his 35 years in full time ministry he was an industrial chaplain, spending time associated with youth employment issues and set up the Warrington Youth Enterprise Support Agency. He later trained as a counsellor and now works in both the NHS and in the private sector .

Cllr Jim Regan

Fax: 650067

Email: jregan@warrington.gov.uk

Jim was elected to Warrington Borough Council in May 2006. He currently sits on the Health Scrutiny, Children's Scrutiny, Planning, Parish Council Finance and Pub and Taxi Licensing Committees. He is also part of the Older People's Intervention Team. He is a Sankey Parish Councillor and Party Treasurer for Warrington Lib Dems.

By day, Jim is a Manchester-based area sales manager.

Cllr Liz Smith

Tel: 654950

Fax: 444537

Email: lizsmith@warrington.gov.uk

Liz has been a Borough Councillor since May 2005 and a Sankey Parish Councillor for 4 years. She is an Executive Board Member on Warrington Borough Council with responsibility for Neighbourhoods and Communities, Equality and Diversity. She was the Secretary of Warrington Liberal Democrats for 6 years, and is still and Executive member of the local party.

She was born and educated in Liverpool and moved to Warrington in 1967. She has been an Education Welfare Officer, Youth Leader and spent 22 years working with Scouts in Penketh and across the Borough (Group Scout Leader and Assistant Commissioner). She has also spent 20 years managing a project for NCH The Children's Charity, working with vulnerable families with young children in Widnes and Runcorn.

Latchford West

Cllr Ted Finnegan

Tel: 263769

Fax: 212075

Email: efinnegan@warrington.gov.uk

Ted was first elected to the council in 2000 and re-elected 2004. He has worked on many local issues including anti-social behaviour in the Knutsford Road area, flooding in the Gainsborough Road and Greenalls Ave area, and for the resufacing of Loushers Lane. Ted is a champion of local people, and has worked hard over the last 7 years to improve the lives of those in Latchford West.

Cllr Graham Welborn

Tel: 268769

Fax: 213804

Email: gwelborn@warrington.gov.uk

Graham has represented Latchford West for three years, Elaine having been Ward Councillor for two years before this. Graham is a member of the Executive of the Latchford Forum and attends the various Residents Association Meetings in the Ward. He has a weekly commitment to drive the Community Bus. After being re-elected in May 2006, Graham was appointed to the Executive Board of the Joint Administration with Responsibility for "Safer Communities, Greener and Cleaner.

Graham was born in Orford and is married to Elaine, with a grown up son, daughter and two grandchildren. Both Graham and Elaine are retired teachers. Graham is an Associate Governor of Latchford C.E Primary School. He is involved in Youth Work and has served on the Children's Services Scrutiny Committee.

Lymm

Cllr Bob Barr

Tel: 751817

Fax: 750911

Email: bbarr@warrington.gov.uk

Cllr Ian Marks

Tel: 753051

Fax: 753051

Email: imarks@warrington.gov.uk

Ian is Leader of the Lib Dem Group on Warrington Council and since May 2006 has been Leader of the Council. He was first elected to represent Lymm in 1983 and has been a member of Lymm Parish Council since 1979. He was educated at Cambridge University and has held a number of senior management positions in the glass industry. Ian is on the Board of Warrington Housing Association and Chairman of Lymm Festival. He has stood as a parliamentary candidate in Warrington South on three occasions. In his spare time he enjoys playing tennis and travelling. Ian and his wife Pam, a special needs teacher in inner-city Manchester, have two grown-up children.

Poulton North

Cllr Colin Oliver

Tel: 840793

Fax: 840793

Email: czoliver@warrington.gov.uk

Cllr Sharon Wilson

Tel: 821507

Fax: 821507

Email: czwilson@warrington.gov.uk

Poulton South

In her spare time she enjoys classical music, has a passion for reading 19th century literature and practises Yoga when the mood takes her.

Stockton Heath

Cllr Sue Dodd

Tel: 860063

Fax: 860063

Email: sdodd@warrington.gov.uk

On Warrington Borough Council, Sue Chair of Children's Services and Safer Communities Overview and Scrutiny Committee and Chair of Overview and Scrutiny Chairs' Forum. She is a member of Resources and Customer Access Overview and Scrutiny Committee, Employee Appeals, Corporate Parenting Group and Member Development Forum. She represents the Council on other bodies: Schools' Forum, Local Admissions Forum, Schools Organisation Committee, Warrington Arts Council, and Sandy Lane Older People's Centre

Outside the council, Sue works as a Creative Writing teacher in Adult Education, with weekly classes in Altrincham and Wilmslow as well as Warrington. She writes poetry and plays and has begun a novel (several times!). She runs a Drama Group for young people at Thelwall Quays. Community Centre and is a Warrington magistrate, where she is currently Chair of the Youth Bench. In any remaining spare time, Sue enjoys going to the theatre, reading and TV drama. She is married to Geoff, who teaches locally, and has lived in Warrington since 1982

Cllr Celia Jordan

Tel: 650502

Fax: 415431

Email: cjordan@warrington.gov.uk

Celia has been a Stockton Heath Borough Councillor since 1987. She is currently chair of the Borough's Development Control Committee and is also Deputy Mayor. She taught in secondary schools for over 40 years and was chair of the governors of Bridgewater High School for 5 years. She is chair of the Management Board of St. Roccos Hospice and in 2005 she was awarded the M.B.E. for services to the local community.

Celia says: "It is a privilege to represent Stockton Heath on the Borough Council, I enjoy being involved with local organisations and people and must have helped with hundreds of local problems and grumbles over the years".

Westbrook

Cllr David Earl

Tel: 495085

Fax: 495085

Email: dearl@warrington.gov.uk

Cllr Bernard Long

Tel: 650186

Fax: 650186

Email: blong@warrington.gov.uk

Whittle Hall

Cllr Keith Gleave

Tel: 727963

Fax: 727963

Email: kgleave@warrington.gov.uk

Cllr Kevin Reynolds

Tel:

Fax:

Email: kreynolds@warrington.gov.uk

Kevin, who is married with two children, has lived locally for some time and also serves as a Parish Councillor for Great Sankey. He works a government officer here in Warrington and was elected in a landslide result in May 2008.

Before his election Kevin worked closely with his fellow Liberal Democrat Councillors for Whittle Hall ward on important issues such as anti-social behaviour and he continues to see this as a major issue for local residents.

Cllr Judith Wheeler

Tel: 655621

Fax: 423733

Email: jwheeler@warrington.gov.uk

Judith has represented Whittle Hall ward since June 2004. Currently she sits on the Development Control, Traffic and Health Scrutiny Committees. She was born and brought up in Warrington and has lived in Great Sankey for more than fifteen years. She says that litter, graffiti, inconsiderate parking, unnecessary car journeys, make her a 'grumpy old councillor'.

Outside of the Council, she is studying full-time (mental health nursing) at Manchester University. In the little spare time she has, she enjoys running which allows her the opportunity to see her ward from the pavement.

Whittle Hall Focus.