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John Lightley -
Shincliffe |
John Lightley comes from a Durham mining family. After graduating from Durham University, he was a National Service officer in the DLI and served in Korea. He continued this link with the DLI and served as a volunteer, retiring with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. After some years in industry and education he became an Agricultural Training Adviser, taking early retirement after 21 years in this capacity. All his working life has been spent in and around Durham City and he has lived in Shincliffe since 1964.
Elected to Shincliffe Parish Council in 1975, he was first elected to the City Council in 1995 and is currently County Councillor for the Elvet Division.
He was a Churchwarden for 12 years and is a member of the Deanery Synod.
He joined the Liberal Party as a student and has been an active member since that time. He has held various offices in the Party at local, regional and national levels.
He is interested in electoral and constitutional reform, agriculture, the environment, social services and the local economy.
Council committees
Overview and Scrutiny Committee
Overview and Scrutiny Sub-Committees
Building a Strong Economy
Looking After the Environment
Standards
Appeals and Complaints Committee
Planning Committee
Durham and Darlington Combined Fire Authority
Member Area Panels
North Durham/Cluster 14
Memberships held with other organisations
Friends of the DLI Museums, DLI Association
President of the Durham and Cleveland Branch of the British Korean Veterans Association.
Member of the Durham Deanery Synod.
Chair of Shincliffe Local History Association
Friend of Bowes Museum and Beamish
Current targets and ambitions
To try to make the new system of Local Government work for the benefit of the residents. It must be more "open" and involve the public wherever it is relevant.
Public agenda
Social services new developments in the care of the elderly.
Public transport.
District plan.
Election focus on Shincliffe.
Election FOCUS on Shincliffe
John Lightley comes from a Durham mining family. After graduating from Durham University, he was a National Service Officer in the DLI and served in Korea. He continued this link with the DLI as a volunteer, returning with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. After some years in industry and education he became an Agricultural Training adviser, taking early retirement after 21 years in this capacity. All his working life has been spent in and around Durham City, and he has lived in Shincliffe since 1964.
Elected to Shincliffe Parish Council in 1975, he was first elected to the City Council in 1995 and is currently County Councillor for the Elvet Division.
He was Churchwarden for 12 years and is a member of the Deanery Synod.
Contact Details
25 Hill Meadows,
High Shincliffe,
Durham,
DH1 2PE
Tel (0191) 384 7900
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