Andrew Tebbutt – Current Profile - November 2007 (updated Dec 07)
I was elected to CMBC in June 2001 to represent Kirkhill at a by-election, and have subsequently been re-elected in both 2003 and 2007. I also represent Kirkhill on Morpeth Town Council, having first been elected in May 2003. I live in The Kylins with Joan, my wife, who is the Kirkhill Division County Councillor, elected in 2005. Both of us are Liberal Democrat councillors.
My Current Political Role:
Deputy Leader Castle Morpeth Borough Council Liberal Democrat Group
Chair – Environment & Economy Scrutiny Committee
Member – Improvement & Communities Scrutiny Committee
Member – Licensing Committee
Castle Morpeth Working Groups Membership:
· Vice Chair – Local Development Framework WG – developing the Council’s successor to the District Local Plan – which sets out in fine detail the Council’s Planning & Development policies
· Chair – Affordable Housing WG – preparing Council’s revised Affordable Housing Policy - policy approved for going out to consultation - from 14th December 2007
· Chair – Castle Morpeth Economic Strategy Review WG – looking at three reports recently commissioned by the Council’s Executive Committee, with a view to preparing recommendations for the Executive. Report presented to Scrutiny end of November - awaiting response by Executive Committee
· Member – Budget Monitoring Group – monitoring the Council’s current budget and looking at issues for the next year’s budget.
Outside Bodies:
Groundwork Northumberland – Trustee representing Castle Morpeth Borough Council since March 2005 – Trustee responsible for HR matters since April 2005 - Vice Chair of Board & Executive Committee Member – Sept 2007.
Leader – Morpeth Town Council Liberal Democrat Group
- Chair – Standing Committee since 2005
- Member Finance Committee since 2003
Town Council Working Groups:
· Chair – Emily Davison Working Group – working to restore the monument in St Mary’s Churchyard where the suffragette Emily Wilding Davison is buried.
· Town Cryer WG – preparing the quarterly magazine on Morpeth Town Council
Other Outside Body:
Abbeyfields First School – Governor since 2002 – Chair Buildings Sub Committee since January 2006 - also sit on Finance Committee
