Dave takes over as mayor
CLLR Dave Davis, who repre- sents Burham, Eccles and Wouldham ward, will beMayor of Tonbridge and Malling for the forthcoming year. Born in Dorset in 1945, he at- tended schools in the Orpington and Bromley area and started training as an Army officer at Sandhurst in 1964. He was commissioned into the
Royal Engineers in 1966. Later in his Army career, he became a chartered civil engineer, follow- ing secondments to industry with civil engineering firms, and is now a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers. During his Army career, he
saw service in Germany, North- ern Ireland, Norway, Cyprus and Canada. He retired from ac-
THERE are three new faces in the cabinet at Tonbridge and Malling Council. The new appointments are
Jill Anderson, Brian Luker and Sue Murray. The portfolio holders will be
Jill Anderson (housing); Owen Baldock (environmental serv- ices);Matthew Balfour (innova- tion and service delivery); Martin Coffin (finance); Maria Heslop (leisure, youth and arts); Brian Luker (communities and health); Sue Murray (planning
and transportation) and Mark Rhodes (community safety). Those who are stepping
down from the cabinet this year are Jean Atkinson and this year’s deputy mayor, Howard Rogers.
By-election called Aby-election will take place on Thursday, July 5, for the va- cancy in theWest Malling and Leybourne ward left by the death of Cllr MarkWorrall.
ing. He retired in March 2011. He and his wife, Mary, a for-
Cllr Brian Luker hands over the chain to mayor Dave Davis
tive service in 1995 and joined the Civil Service to train the Army’s future civil engineers. In 2008, theMOD entered into
a Public Private Partnership to deliver Royal Engineer training and he was selected to head up Mid Kent College’s team deliver- ing advanced civil, mechanical and electrical engineering teach-
mer midwife and district nurs- ing sister, have been married for 43 years. They have two daugh- ters, Susie and Isabel and two grandchildren, Holly and Miles. In his spare time Cllr Davis enjoys gardening and in retire- ment he is hoping to get more time to spend on his other hob- bies of skiing and mountaineer- ing.
First elected to the council in
2004, the new mayor’s chosen charities are Crossroads Care West Kent and RBLI – Support- ing Local Veterans. The new deputymayor is Cllr Howard Rogers, who represents East Peckham and Golden Green ward.
Three newcomers to the council’s cabinet
Council’s new
leader elected THE NEW leader of Tonbridge and Malling council is Cllr Nicolas Heslop. He was for- mally appointed at the coun- cil’s annual meeting after being elected to lead the ma- jority Conser- vative group after
the
death of Cllr Mark Wor- rall.
Cllr Heslop
(46), who represents Cage Green ward, and lives in Pembury Road, Tonbridge, has been a council- lor for 14 years. He said: “It will be difficult to
fill the shoes of such a committed and inspirational leader. Mark placed great emphasis on ensur- ing the councilprovides the high- est quality services and value for money for residents. I am com- mitted to the same values.” Cllr Worrall, who died in
April, had led the group since 1985 and the council since 2003. Cllr Heslop, whose wife
Maria is also a borough coun- cillor, has four children, aged six to 14, and is public affairs manager for educational organ- isation Edge in Millbank, Lon- don. He has previously worked as an MP’s research assistant and a political adviser to edu- cation ministers.
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