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I was first elected to Cheshire County Council in 2001.  My interests are wide ranging and I hold a variety of positions on the Council.  I am currently the Labour Spokesperson on the Rights of Way Committee, Deputy Spokesperson on the Community Services Scrutiny Select Committee and a Member of several other bodies, including the Property Board, Rural Select Panel.  I also sit on the Cheshire Fire Authority Standards Committee.  I am also a Member of the newly formed Ellesmere Port and Neston Locality Board.

I have been an elected Member of Ellesmere Port and Neston Borough Council for 34 years, where I have served on almost every Committee.  I was Mayor of Ellesmere Port and Neston, first in 1989-1990 and then in 2004-2005.

I was born in Liverpool and trained at Campbell and Isherwood, a firm of Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.  Following this I qualified as an Engineer Officer in the Merchant Navy.  I served in the British Army with the 15/19 Hussars where I was posted to Malaya and spent two years on active service attached to the Ghurkas.  I returned to the UK and worked for Vauxhall Motors and H. H. Robertsons for a total of 28 years.  I now work for the NHS as a bank nurse and cover five hospitals.

I am married to Joan, a carer at a Residential Home, and have two sons and three grandsons.