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Maidstone Borough Council
Maidstone Borough Council has 55 Councillors who meet as a Full Council to set the budget and overall council policy and to set the level of Council Tax. It also chooses the Council Leader, who then selects the Cabinet. Council meetings are chaired by the Mayor of Maidstone. Downswood & Otham Ward is represented by:
David Marchant (Independent)
Post: The Old School House, Otham Street, Otham, Maidstone, Kent ME15 8RN
Tel: 01622 863526
Fax: 07884 014399
Email: davidmarchant@maidstone.gov.uk
Website: www.maidstone.gov.uk
Kent County Council
The county council has 84 elected councillors who each have a dual role, attending to countywide concerns as well as to the local needs and interests of their constituents. Downswood is within the Maidstone South East constituency, represented by:
Gary Cooke (Conservative)
Post: Hillside, Broad Street, Hollingbourne, Maidstone, Kent ME17 1QY
Tel: 01622 880686 or Mobile: 07803 007031
Email: gary.cooke@kent.gov.uk
Website: www.kent.gov.uk
Member of Parliament
Members of Parliament can assist their constituents with matters for which Central Government is responsible. Hugh holds regular surgeries in Lenham - please contact his office to make an appointment.
Hugh Robertson (Conservative)
Post: 8 Faversham Road, Lenham, Kent ME17 2PN
Tel: 01622 851616
Email: hugh4fmk@tiscali.co.uk
Website: www.hughrobertson.org.uk
Kent Police
The Police serving Downswood and Otham have identified priorities for our area but hold regular Partners and Communities Together (PACT) meetings. Use the ‘Useful Links’ page to go to their website to find out dates.
PCSO Jim Stevens
Your neighbourhood officer for Bearsted, Downswood and Otham.
Tel: 01622 604392
PC Lee Tallon
Your neighbourhood officer for Mid Kent. I'm part of the Maidstone rural neighbourhood policing team.
Tel: 01622 604392
MEPs
The UK is represented at the European Parliament by MEPs who represent each of the
12 regions in the UK. Kent belongs to the South East Region and its residents are
represented by each of the 10 MEPs for the region. You can contact any one of the
10 MEPs.
Mr Daniel Hannan (Conservative)
Post: The Coach House, Worthy Park, Winchester,
SO21 1AN
Email: office@hannan.co.uk
Website: www.hannan.co.uk
Mr Nigel Farage (UK Independence
Party)
Post: The Old Grain Store, Church Lane, Lyminster, nr Littlehampton, West Sussex
BN17 7QJ
Tel: 01903 885 573
Fax: 01903 885 574
Email: nfarage@europarl.eu.int or ukipse@ukip.org
Website:
www.ukip.org
Mr Nirj Deva (Conservative)
Post: 169 B Kennington Road, London SE11
6SF
Tel: 020 7642 8880
Fax: 020 7642 8879
Email: ndeva@europarl.eu.int or office@nirjdeva.com
Website:
www.nirjdeva.com
Sharon Bowles (Liberal Democrat)
Post: Felden House, Dower Mews,
High Street, Berkhamsted HP4 2BL
Tel: 01442 875962
Email: info@sharonbowles.org.uk
Website:
www.sharonbowles.org.uk
Mr Peter Skinner (Labour)
Post: 99 Kent Road, Dartford, Kent
DA1 2AJ
Tel: 01634 409 222
Fax: 01634 409 333
Email: southeast@peterskinnermep.com
Website:
www.peterskinnermep.eu
Mr James Elles (Conservative)
Post: Disraeli House, 12 Aylesbury
End, Beaconsfield, Bucks HP9 1LO
Tel: 01494 673 745
Fax: 01474 670428
Email: jelles@europarl.eu.int
Website:
www.jameselles.com
Mr Ashley Mote (UK Independence Party)
Post: PO Box 216, Alton,
Hampshire GU34 4WY
Tel/Fax: 01420 520 889
Mr Richard Ashworth (Conservative)
Post: 5
Hazelgrove Road, Haywards Heath, West Sussex RH16 3PH
Tel: 01444 474 858
Email: rashworth@europarl.eu.int
Dr
Caroline Lucas (Green)
Post: Suite 58, The Hop Exchange, 24 Southwark Street, London
SE1 1TY
or
European Parliament Office, ASP 8G269, Rue Wiertz, B-1047 Brussels
Tel: 020 7407 6281
or the Brussels office on 00 322 284 5153
Fax: 020 7234 0183 or the Brussels office
on 00 322 284 9153
Email: carolinelucas@greenmeps.org.uk
Website: www.carolinelucasmep.org.uk
Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne (Liberal Democrat)
Post: ASP 10G209, European Parliament,
Rue Wiertz, B-1047 Brussels
Tel: 00 322 284 7625
Fax: 00 322 284 9625
Email: enicholson@europarl.eu.int
Website:
www.emmanicholson.info/