Who is my councillor we use cookies on your computer or mobile device to help make this website better. Mar 15, 2014 a thanet councillor who has admitted using cannabis, cocaine and ecstacy would like to see a cannabis cafe open in thanet. Green party councillor and prospective parliamentary candidate for thanet south, ian driver, has slammed plans for a thanet parkway station as unnecessary, expensive and environmentally damaging. Former councillor, ian driver, says he is astounded that thanet council has refused to release him from a high court gagging injunction which is almost 2 years old. Watch out thanet council cameras coming your way youtube. I am extremely concerned that thanet has become more. Dear ian driver thank you for your email of 8 december 2014 requesting information about council payments to locate in kent. Plans to open new cannabis cafe in kent discussed itv news. I will fight against the unsustainable overdevelopment proposals in thanet council s local plan. They demonstrate that both kent county council and thanet district council have totally failed in their duty to regenerate the area. Thanet green party councillor, ian driver, has been threatened with gaol if he makes public the contents of a secret district audit report. It remains unclear at this time whether this will lead to a byelection in birchington before the county council elections in may. Image caption ukip councillor chris wells is the leader of thanet council in kent.
You can find out what cookies we use and how you can change your settings here. Derek murphy, deal and walmer to my shock and utter disbelief, information published by kent county council, shows that despite their vehement opposition to the allowance increase and despite all their brave words at county council meetings and in the media, all of the thirteen rebels have accepted and been paid. Sarah saunders spoke to instructor dave melmouth, independent councillor ian driver from thanet district council and paul kent from southern water. Get the latest thanet news in the meridian region on itv news. South thanet consists of the southern and eastern part of thanet district the towns of ramsgate and broadstairs, the cliftonville area of margate and the village of cliffsend together with the northern part of dover district, comprising the ancient cinque port of sandwich and surrounding villages. Details, rating and comments about councillor ian driver. Elections to elect all members councillors of thanet district council were held on 7 may 2015, as part of the 2015 united kingdom local elections taking place simultaneously with the 2015 general election. I can never understand why the council dont spend the money on a properly staffed diving board instead, perhaps the just dont like young people.
Green party district councillor ian driver wants an amsterdamstyle cafe to come to thanet and hopes to meet ann barnes after she declined an invitation to attend a. Contested gillingham 1992 as independent, 1997 as ukip, totnes 2001 for ukip, gillingham 2005 for ukip, kent police commissioner election 2012 for the conservatives. Margate central, cliftonville west, eastcliff and central harbour are amongst the 10% most deprived wards in england and wales former green party thanet councillor ian driver, said i am extremely concerned that rather than becoming more successful, thanet has gone backwards and become even more deprived over the past five years. The old goat councillor roz duncan who broke the mould came out the woodwork to spill the beans. Dear sir madam on behalf of nhs west kent clinical commissioning group, please find attached the response to your foi request. Behind hastings, thanet is the 2nd most deprived council out the 67 local authorities in south east england. Find your councillor by name, party, ward, or other options. A collaboration between thanet district council, kent county. Legal action threat issued in longrunning dispute between labour.
Advice surgeries are where you are able to visit your local councillor for your ward, with any issues or concerns that you have, please check who your local councillor is before attending the advice surgery. Police monitored political movements of candidate standing. I hope post brexit will see an end to it once and for all. Dec 27, 2012 independent thanet district councillor ian driver has welcomed the report of the home affairs select committee breaking the cycle which calls on the government to set up a royal commission into drugs policy and to consider the liberalisation of drugs laws in england. Independent councillor ian driver from thanet district council and paul kent from southern water. So much for democracy so much for thanet labour party. Aug 06, 2017 councillor ian venables landslide victory in the margate ward has been a credit to ian, his agent emma, and all the people who have helped both in the campaign in the weeks leading up to polling day and on the day itself. Publication of the report was swiftly followed by a fresh bout of infighting at the no overall control council, when labour leader clive hart resigned citing, among other grievances, a longrunning dispute with green party councillor ian driver. This role puts you in a unique position where you can make decisions about local issues, key services being delivered and the opportunity to improve the quality of life for people living in thanet.
Mar 14, 2014 britains first legal cannabis cafe could be in the pipeline after green party councillor ian driver, a selfconfessed exrecreational drug user, announced plans to open one in kent. Local uk independence party candidates won the council, becoming the governing group, the first time ukip had won control of any type of local government unit above the level of a civil. Ian driver is standing for the green party in the kent constituency of south thanet which the ukip leader, nigel farage, is hoping to win next thursday. Green party councillor ian driver hopes to open first. Thanet district council leader chris wells on manston airport, housing, homelessness. Ukips official press office have denied these apparently unsubstantiated claims. Thanet green party councillor, ian driver, said too many people are dying prematurely because of airborne pollution produced by cars and industry. Vote ukip get labour at tonights agm at thanet council. The eastern part of the thanet council area and two wards from the dover. Councillor wants cannabis cafe jump to media player plans to open a cannabis cafe in kent have been proposed by thanet green party councillor ian driver who admits he has taken illegal drugs.
Government statistics show how thousands of families, children, single people, young and old in thanet struggle to get by on low income, live in poor housing, face inequalities in health care and educational achievement and are unable to find work. A thanet district and kent county councillor has threatened to take legal action against isle blogger ian. Britains first legal cannabis cafe could be in the pipeline after green party councillor ian driver, a selfconfessed exrecreational drug user, announced plans to open one in kent. All i can say, michael, is thank god that most councillors do not act like ian driver, which you seem to see as the way they should. Ian i would be no good as a councillor, but on the whole you are, other than your support for manston which would have polluted our ramsgate skies killed tourism and investment forever leaving ramsgate as a sacrificial town, for the financial good of thanet. Thanet independent councillor, ian driver, has announced. Public consultation in thanet dear councillor driver thank you for your communication received on 2102. Authorities standing orders england regulations 2001 laso by thanet district council tdc to conduct an investigation into a complaint made by councillor driver about the conduct of dr susan mcgonigal, the chief executive of tdc ce. Thanet green party councillor ian driver wants cannabis cafe. I film a meeting of thanet council and see what happens.
Apr, 2019 the many local convalescent homes is mainly due to historic associations between the seaside and health. Thanet county council candidate profiles the isle of thanet. Elections to elect all members councillors of thanet district council were held on 5 may 2011, as part of the 2011 united kingdom local elections taking place simultaneously with the alternative vote referendum. Jan 17, 2018 multimillion pound plans to open a new high speed rail service in thanet have been pushed back by two years, council chiefs have admitted. Protests as live animal exports arrive at ramsgate port. Cannabis cafe could open in kent after green partys ian.
Ian driver freedom of information requests whatdotheyknow. In other news ukips latest surprise announcement, after all the speculation would seem that nasty little nigel leader of ukip plans to stand in a safe seat in thanet. Twelve of ukips 25 councillors in thanet, kent, have withdrawn support for their local leader and set up an. The democratic dashboard has everything you need to know about the uk elections in your area. Former thanet councillor and citizens advice manager, ian driver, described as deplorable and shameful news that thanet has the highest rate of child poverty in south east england.
According to kent bloggers, the shepwayvox team and former green party thanet councillor turned blogger ian driver, plans to create an east kent super council, consisting probably carcinogenic to humans. My interest in local history has secured the return of one of britains oldest lifeboats from boston. A week ago, his colleague, the frequently controversial cllr ian driver, resigned from the thanet independent group, led by cllr worrow and joined thanet s other independents, led by cllr tom king. Derek murphy, deal and walmer to my shock and utter disbelief, information published by kent county council, shows that despite their vehement opposition to the allowance increase and despite all their brave words at county council meetings and in the media, all of the thirteen rebels have accepted and been paid the allowances increases. The mystery of the ramsgate painting of kennett beacham martin. Whether you might appreciate a councillor calling for a boycott of your shop or not, does not make it a right thing for a local councillor to do. This is a cruel and brutal trade which has been operating from ramsgate for over 6 years. Ian driver councillor thanet district council polrank. A full profile of cllr ian west including ward, surgey details, responsibilities, and contact addresses. Former disgraced conservative leader of thanet council sandy is now out and about and is already enjoying his home comforts, after being spied in his northdown road carpet shop. The thanet parkway station, which will be built on the existing railway line between ramsgate and minster just west of cliffsend, would enable passengers to get to stratford international in around an hour. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. There are simply not enough smaller rented properties to move into, so people already living on a low income are being forced to cut back even further on essentials such as food, heating and clothing. Thanet independent councillor, ian driver, has announced his intention to stand as a candidate in novembers election for kent police commissioner.
I support building more council and housing association homes, on brownfield sites, to provide good quality homes for the 1,000s unable to buy. Cllr ian driver, thinks margate or ramsgate should host an amsterdam. A full profile of councillor ian parker including ward, surgey details, responsibilities, and contact addresses. I will argue the case for thanet residents who i believe currently get less county council money per head of population than the richer west kent areas. Apr 03, 2020 over 50% of thanets child poverty is concentrated in just 6 of thanets 23 electoral wards cliftonville west, dane valley, eastcliff, margate central, newington, and northwood. Following his studies at the british horological institute, ian was a self employed fulltime clock repairer for 16 years. Jun 30, 2018 at the time, there was a huge outcry in the press, on local radio and tv and on social media about the 15% allowances increase. Alternatively you can of course come to my bookshop in ramsgate and browse them and about 30,000 secondhand books on other subjects, remember we close thursdays and. And the cliftonville west ward is the fourth most deprived in the entire country. Sadly, thanet council has a long record of mismanagement including the secret transeuropa ferries debt deferral deal which cost taxpayers. Ian driver, a councillor for thanet district council, has already started. Royal sands development on the pleasurama site ramsgate update. Thanet council today launched an inquiry into a massive sewage spill in june which saw tonnes of raw sewage pumped directly into the sea after a failure at the foreness point pumping station.
Dane valley, eastcliff, margate central, newington, and northwood. Thanet councillor since 2011, kent county councillor since 20. Elections to elect all members councillors of thanet district council were held on 7 may 2015. Being a councillor gives you the opportunity to influence decisions that are made regarding delivering services to residents in your area. Cliftonville west, dane valley and newington have the unenviable distinction of.
The opening of the new multimillion pound high speed thanet. Councillor details cllr ian west wiltshire council. Many people argued that it was wrong for councillors to vote themselves such a huge allowances increase when hundreds of thousand of kent residents had had no, or very small, increases in their wages over the past few years, or had had their benefits frozen for. Thanet district council the local authorities members allowances england regulations 2003 allowances received by elected and coopted members in 201415 in accordance with regulation 153 of the local authorities members allowances england regulations 2003 notice is given below of the total amounts received by each. May 01, 2015 police monitored political activities of candidate standing against nigel farage. Ian driver green thanet councillor since 2011, originally elected for labour. Obviously this means the youth of today are now jumping off the west pier. This is a long and complex story about how thanet council labour leader raging rick everitt and his partner councillor corina huxle. Nov 29, 20 thanet green party councillor ian driver said. You can visit me at the advice surgeries below or contact me by telephone or email.
View the constitution for governance of thanet district council. Ramsgate councillors stab community in back green party councillor and parliamentary candidate for south thanet, ian driver, has accused ramsgates political establishment of betraying the people they were elected to represent. Labour councillor attacks rival as shirt lifting gender. On april 23rd the overview and scrutiny panel of thanet council met to discuss ramsgate seafront and missing art from council buildings. Thanet ukip councillors end support for leader bbc news.
No political party won an overall majority of seats, meaning that the council went into no overall control status for the first time since 1991. Martyn whybrow hythe west one conservative councillor. Sheffield city council councillor details councillor ian. A thanet councillor who has admitted using cannabis, cocaine and ecstacy would like to see a cannabis cafe open in thanet.
Cliftonville west, dane valley and newington have the unenviable distinction of having some the highest rates of child poverty in the country. Protests as live animal exports arrive at ramsgate port the. Former green party thanet councillor ian driver said. You can view who your councillor is by using the my neighbourhood tool or by clicking on the links below.
Response by thanet district council to ian driver on 23 march 2015. Plans to open a cannabis cafe in kent have been proposed by thanet green party councillor ian driver who admits he has taken illegal drugs himself. Independent thanet councillor is standing for election as an independent for kent county council. Thanet s child poverty shame former thanet councillor and citizens advice manager, ian driver, described as deplorable and shameful news that thanet has the highest rate of child poverty in south east england. On 21 april 2014 tdc was supplied with a report from an independent person, ms alison.
This pollution is also a cause of respiratory illness amongst children and young people and is a major contributor to climate change. Noise nuisance response by thanet district council to ian driver on 16 march 2015. Much of the local history i publish is available for free on this blog, in some cases i have linked whole books to blog postings, if you want a printed copy of one of the books i publish click here postage is free to uk addresses. I am also available by phone or email to discuss any council matters or to arrange a mutually convenient time to meet to talk directly about any council issues. This is ramsgates rather pointless pier, you need to appreciate the reason piers were built was so that there would be enough depth of water for paddle steamers to get their passenger on and off, at ramsgate there was well sill is a paddle steamer quay at the end of the east pier. Thanet county council candidate profiles the isle of. Failure to file confirmation statements, annual returns or accounts is a criminal offence which can result in directors being fined personally in the criminal courts.
Freshwater to thanet council planners in late march detail the area, method and timescale. Cllr mike harrison, a labour member of thanet district council, has used facebook to attack cllr ian driver, an independent councillor, for being a shirt lifting gender bender. Thanet green party councillor ian driver wants cannabis. Elections to elect all members councillors of thanet district council were held on 5 may 2011. Response by thanet district council to ian driver on 23 december 2014. How to complain about the conduct of a councillor and view decision notices.
Thanet councillor ian driver wants to meet kent police. If you enter your details on this website, the liberal democrats, locally and nationally, may use information in it, including your political views, to further our objectives, share it with our elected representatives andor contact you in future using any of the means provided. The bedroom tax is having a major impact on the most vulnerable and lowpaid people in kent. Ian driver thanet souths green parliamentary candidate. Mar 14, 2014 britain could get its first cannabis cafe if a green party councillor s attempt to open a shop in kent gets the go ahead. Mr driver fails to point out that i beat him in two elections. The thenruling labour group at thanet council had banned exports from ramsgate after 47 sheep died at the port in september 2012 but they were forced to make a uturn by the high court. Councillor stockley represents the beltinge ward in herne bay alongside his wife, councillor jeanette stockley. The eastern part of the thanet council area and two wards from the dover council area.