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Blewbury Parish Council
Parish Council meetings are held on the second Wednesday of each month (except August) at 7.30pm
in the Vale Room of Blewbury Village Hall. The meetings include an Open Forum for the public to speak.
- The Clerk to the Council
- Ms Elaine Smit, 83 Dibleys, Blewbury, OX11 9PU
(Tel. 9.30-11.30 am or 2-4 pm, or leave a message on: 07968-772935
e-mail blewburypc@googlemail.com)
- Chairman
- Mr Chris Whatmore, Chapmans, Nottingham Fee (01235-851055)
- Vice-Chairman
- Mr Alan Cooper, 7 Whites Orchard (01235-851725)
- Councillors
- Mrs Emma Austin, 10 Ladycroft Park (01235-850621)
- Ms Abi Barclay-Watt, Witheralls, South Street (01235 850627)
- Mr Martin Brassell, Lynchets, Bessels Way (01235-850082)
- Mrs Christina Duckett, Bakers Cottage, Westbrook Street
- Mr Richard Farrell, Hall Barn Close, Chapel Lane (01235-850275)
- Dr Paul Whitehead, , 5 Treble House Terrace, London Road (01235-850836)
- Ms Jane Gibson, 5 Westbrook Green (01235 850689)
The Parish Council was due to be elected on the 1st of May, 2007 for four years. However there were insufficient
nominations for an election, and the council is filled the remaining place by adoption of Jane Gibson.
Committees
- Affordable Housing
- Christina Duckett, Chris Whatmore
- Allotments
- Emma Austin, Christina Duckett
- Cemetery
- Emma Austin, Martin Brassell
- Finance
- Emma Austin, Martin Brassell, Richard Farrell + ex-officio Chris Whatmore, Alan Cooper
- Footpaths
- Abi Barclay-Watt, Alan Cooper, Paul Whitehead
- London Road Tennis Court Site
- Martin Brassell, Christina Duckett, Chris Whatmore
- Planning
- Alan Cooper, Christina Duckett, Chris Whatmore
- Recreation Ground
- Richard Farrell, Jane Gibson
Secretary: Carol Taylor Rose Cottage, South Street (01235-851526), Treasurer: Tony Salter (01235-850754).
- Small Grants
- Alan Cooper, Jane Gibson
- Transport and Road Safety
- Chris Whatmore
Associated Committees
- BVS Environment Group
- Abi Barclay-Watt
- Cob Wall Fund
- Abi Barclay-Watt, Paul Whitehead
- Neighbourhood Watch Coordinator
- Richard Farrell
- Reporter to Blewbury Bulletin
- Chris Whatmore
- Village Hall
- Chairman: Bruce Brock (01235-850730)
The Village Hall Management Committee is a charity independent of the Parish Council,
but Mr Whatmore represent the council on it.
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Vale of White Horse District Council
- The main office of the Council, where all departments are located, is
- The Abbey House, Abingdon OX12 3JE (01235-520202 Fax 01235-532217)
The office is open to the public on Monday to Friday from 9.00am to 5.00pm.
Answerphone messages outside those hours can be left on 01235-520202 or
email comments@whitehorsedc.gov.uk,
or for genuine emergencies ring 01235-524886.
The web site is www.whitehorsedc.gov.uk
Planning is dealt with by the Planning & Engineering Department, P.O. Box 147, The Abbey House, Abingdon OX14 3JE
- District Councillor
- Mr R.Farrell, Hall Barn Close, Chapel Lane (01235-850275)
The District Council was elected on the 1st of May, 2007 for four years. The Councillor represents Blewbury and Upton.
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Oxfordshire County Council
County Hall, Oxford (01865-792422)
The web site is www.oxfordshire.gov.uk
- County Councillor
- Mr C.Lamont, 2 The Old School, School Lane, Harwell, Didcot OX11 0ES (01235-832866)
The County Council election was held on the 5th of May, 2005 for four years.
Blewbury is in Sutton Courtenay & Harwell Constituency, where the turnout was 68.8%.
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British Government
An initial web address is www.direct.gov.uk
- Member of Parliament for the Wantage Constituency
- Ed Vaizey Esq MP, House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA.
Mr Vaizey holds regular meetings with constituents.
Details of these are published in his letters to the Blewbury Bulletin and
can be seen on www.vaizey.com.
The Parliamentary election was on the 5th of May, 2005. Another election must be held within five years.
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European Union
The English Language web address is europa.eu/index_en.htm
The European Parliament election was on the 10th of June, 2004.
Elections are held every five years. Blewbury is in the South East England region which had an electorate of 6,087,103,
and the turnout in this election of 36.5%. The region returned 10 candidates on a system of proportional representation.
Each party provided a list of up to 10 candidates. A voter could only select one party.
The seats were allocated to the candidates of each party depending on the proportion of votes cast for the party.
Members of the European Parliament for this Region are as follows.
| Richard Ashworth | Conservative |
| Sharon Bowles | Liberal Democrat |
| Nirj Deva | Conservative |
| James Elles | Conservative |
| Nigel Farage | UK Independence Party |
| Daniel Hannan | Conservative |
| Caroline Lucas | Greens |
| Ashley Mote | UK Independence Party |
| Emma Nicholson | Liberal Democrat |
| Peter Skinner | Labour |
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