WEST BLETCHLEY COUNCIL MEMBERS – CURRENT YEAR ATTENDANCE RATES as recorded on the council’s website.
Geraldine Halder – Abbey’s Ward - 77%
Kit Power – Abbey’s Ward - 20% !
Zarak Dorsett-Morgan Abbeys Ward 100%
Christian Drugo Abbeys Ward 100%
Matthew Burn – Castles Ward- 63%
Sue Long – Castles Ward - 62%
Gladstone McKenzie – Castles Ward 63%
Wagas Ahmed – Church Green Ward – 67%
Jim Kearon – Church Green Ward – 90%
Nabeel Nazir – Church Green Ward – 60%
Paul Harvey – Counties Ward – 85%
Nigel Long – Counties Ward – 86%
Sheri Defalni – Fairways
Ward – 42% !
Derek Hircock – Fairways Ward – 83%
Ian Layded – Fairways Ward – 78%
Michael Donald – Poets Ward – 92%
Paul Moore – Poets Ward – 75%
James Butson – Racecourses Ward – 67%
Elaine Wales – Racecourses Ward – 81%
Veronica Belcher – Rivers Ward – 88% *
Ray Brady – Rivers Ward – 76%
Naomi Sinclair –
Rivers Ward – 42% !
Andy Coaton – Saints
Ward – 50% !
Ernie Thomas – Saints Ward – 89% *
Ken Rowe – Scots
Ward – 33% !
Felicity Cockbain – Scots Ward – 79%
Barbra Moore – Scots Ward – 79%
Veronica Belcher and Ernie Thomas have their attendance calculated against ONLY full council meetings and not, as they are chair and vice-chair of the council, including any committee meetings. Even so both have failed to put in 100% attendance.
During the time I served on West Bletchley Council I was the ONLY member to put in 100% attendance. As you can see from the above just two councillors within the present membership match my record.
If you are prepared to accept a lower figure of 90% as being an acceptable attendance level only two councillors have achieved such. FIVE achieve 50% or less attendance with one putting in only 20%.
I reside in Rivers Ward where during the past twelve months not a single member of the council representing the ward has made any contact at all with residents.
From the above figures an average attendance rate across all councillors is 71.37%. If a child in school put in a similar attendance his/her parents would likely be called to account for such with a possibility of action being taken against them. Is there an employee anywhere in the country who would accept such a poor level of attendance from a staff member ?
On a PERSONAL level I would celebrate the
attendance Zarak Dorsett-Morgan and
Christian Drugo. However, I would call for all members listed above in red to seriously consider their position and give an undertaking to immediately increase their commitment or to resign their membership. For those listed in RED BOLD: Kit Power, Sheri Defalni, Naomi Sinclair, Andy Coaton and Ken Rowe to IMMEDIATELY RESIGN from West Bletchley Council in order to make way for people who will offer a stronger commitment to our community.
Moving on now to the various committees operating within West Bletchley Council.
ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITTEE:
Chair Paul Harvey –
Counties Ward – 85%
Vice Chair Elaine Wales
– Racecourses Ward – 81%
Members:
Wagas Ahmed – Church Green Ward – 67%
James Butson – Racecourses Ward – 67%
Sheri Defalni – Fairways
Ward – 42% !
Michael Donald – Poets Ward – 92%
Zarak Dorsett-Morgan 100%
Geraldine Halder – Abbey’s Ward - 77%
Derek Hircock – Fairways Ward – 83%
Jim Kearon – Church Green Ward – 90%
Ian Layded – Fairways Ward – 78%
Gladstone McKenzie – Castles Ward 63%
Paul Moore – Poets Ward – 75%
Ken Rowe – Scots Ward – 33% !
14 members Average overall attendance 73.78%
FINANCE COMMITTEE
Chair Barbra Moore – Scots
Ward – 79%
Vice Chair Nigel Long –
Counties Ward – 86%
Members
Ray Brady – Rivers Ward – 76%
Felicity Cockbain – Scots Ward – 79%
Sheri Defalni – Fairways
Ward – 42% !
Zarak Dorsett-Morgan 100%
Christian Drugo Abbeys Ward 100%
Jim Kearon – Church Green Ward – 90%
Gladstone McKenzie – Castles Ward 63%
Paul Moore – Poets Ward – 75%
Nabeel Nazir – Church Green Ward – 60%
11 members Average overall attendance 77.27%
COMMUNITY COMMITTEE
Chair Felicity Cockbain –
Scots Ward – 79%
Vice Chair Sheri Defalni – Fairways Ward – 42% ! How is it
possible to have a vice chair who has such a poor overall attendance record ?
Members
Wagas Ahmed – Church Green Ward – 67%
Ray Brady – Rivers Ward – 76%
Zarak Dorsett-Morgan 100%
Christian Drugo Abbeys Ward 100%
Ian Layded – Fairways Ward – 78%
Sue Long – Castles Ward - 62%
Paul Moore – Poets Ward – 75%
Ken Rowe – Scots
Ward – 33% !
Naomi Sinclair – Rivers Ward – 42% !
11 members Average overall attendance 68.54%
SALDEN CHASE SUB-COMMITTEE (NOTE there are issues opening details for this committee within the council’s website. The URL lists it as parking sub-committee)
Chair Ernie Thomas –
Saints Ward – 89%
Vice Chair Andy Coaton – Saints Ward – 50% ! How is it possible to have a vice chair who
has such a poor overall attendance record ?
Members
Michael Donald – Poets Ward – 92%
Nigel Long – Counties Ward – 86%
Nabeel Nazir – Church Green Ward – 60%
Elaine Wales – Racecourses Ward – 81%
6 members Average overall attendance 76.33%
NOTES:
Not a single committee chair or vice-chair has an acceptable overall attendance record.
Community Committee vice chair Sheri Defalni has an overall attendance record of 42%
Salden Chase Sub-committee vice chair Andy Coaton has an overall attendance record of 50%
The following members of West Bletchley Council
do not serve on any committees:
Kit Power – Abbey’s Ward - 20%
Matthew Burn – Castles Ward- 63%
I would invite residents of West Bletchley to consider the above statistics and form their own unbiased opinions as to the relevance of West Bletchley Council within our community and the level of support given by individual councillors.
When this has been done I would ask residents to place their conclusions alongside West Bletchley Council’s failure to support our local police and in so doing have put the safety of the West Bletchley Community at risk.
D J B Ashford
A West Bletchley Resident since 1971
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