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Councillors' Blogs

Journals from Canterbury City Council elected members
representing Canterbury, Herne Bay, Whitstable and the surrounding rural area

Recent blog posts

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Who's who

Read the profiles of the bloggers

  • ConservativeJeanne Harrison
    Tankerton
    I have lived in the Whitstable area for more than 30 years. I have two sons and five grandchildren.
  • ConservativeJean Law
    Seasalter
    I have spent over 30 years working within the community including 17 years of elected representation on Canterbury City Council as well as working on the District Health Authority and in Education.
  • Liberal DemocratsIda Linfield
    Westgate
  • Liberal DemocratsAdam Parsons
    Barton
    Adam is 22, which makes him the youngest person ever elected to Canterbury City Council.
  • Liberal DemocratsAlex Perkins
    Wincheap
    Alex is 43 and even twenty years after he was first elected he is still one of younger councillors elected to the Council. Educated at the Simon Langton School, The University of Kent at Canterbury and The University of Jyvaskyla in Finland, he lives in the Wincheap area of Canterbury.
  • ConservativeJennifer Samper
    Chestfield and Swalecliffe
    I was born in Whitstable, educated in Canterbury and subsequently obtained teaching qualifications from the Universities of London and Quebec.
  • ConservativePeter Vickery-Jones
    Herne and Broomfield
    Born in Derbyshire, my family settled in North Kent. I have lived in Broomfield with my wife, Yvonne, and 11 year old daughter, Emily, for the last nine years and have been very happy here.

News

from Canterbury City Council

  • New Marlowe Theatre receives planning permission
    The proposals for the creation of a new landmark performing arts centre in the historic city of Canterbury took a major step forward last night when Canterbury City Council granted planning permission for the project.
  • Ken Russell comes to town
    Multi-award winning film director Ken Russell will be in Herne Bay this Friday (22 August) to introduce a special screening of his film 'French Dressing'.
  • Football hub consultation to start
    Public consultation on the proposed community football hub at Ridlands Farm in Canterbury gets underway this week.
  • Herne Bay packed for festival opening
    Herne Bay Festival got off to a superb start on Saturday (16 August) with a day filled with colourful entertainment, music and fun.
  • Partnership works wonders for Down
    The close working relationship between the city council and the Friends of Duncan Down has been boosted by the donation of a strimmer.

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