Councillors

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People

Parish councillors are local volunteers who generously give their time to support and strengthen our community. Unpaid and driven by a sense of service, they share their skills, ideas, and energy to represent residents, help make local decisions, and improve life in the parish. By offering their time voluntarily, councillors help ensure that everyone’s voice can be heard and that our community continues to thrive.

Councillors

Robin Thomas

Chairman

WORKING GROUPS

  • Finance Working Group
  • Allotments Working Group
  • Open Spaces Working Group
  • Staffing Working Group

LIASON GROUPS

  • Studley Green Community Centre
  • West Chilterns Community Board

Camilla Baker

Parish Councillor

WORKING GROUPS

  • Finance Working Group
  • Cemetery Working Group
  • Longburrow Hall Working Group
  • Staffing Working Group

LIASON GROUPS

  • Stokenchurch Educational Charity
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Sonia Bhatiani

Parish Councillor

WORKING GROUPS

  • Finance Working Group
  • Longburrow Hall Working Group
  • Social Engagement Working Group
  • Staffing Working Group
  • Open Spaces Working Group

Racquel Burnham

Parish Councillor

WORKING GROUPS

  • Finance Working Group
  • Allotments Working Group
  • Cemetery Working Group
  • Longburrow Hall Working Group
  • Social Engagement Working Group
  • Staffing Working Group
  • Playground/Schools Working Group

LIASON GROUPS

  • Sawmill Trust
  • West Chilterns Community Board

Valerie Jenkinson

Parish Councillor

WORKING GROUPS

  • Finance Working Group
  • Allotments Working Group
  • Cemetery Working Group
  • Longburrow Hall Working Group
  • Open Spaces Working Group
  • Staffing Working Group

LIASON GROUPS

  • Stokenchurch Youth Club

Lee Mathers

Parish Councillor

WORKING GROUPS

  • Finance Working Group
  • Longburrow Hall Working Group
  • Staffing Working Group
  • Social Engagement Working Group

LIASON GROUPS

  • Stokenchurch Youth Club

Andrew Seddon

Parish Councillor

WORKING GROUPS

  • Finance Working Group
  • Allotments Working Group
  • Longburrow Hall Working Group
  • Social Engagement Working Group

LIASON GROUPS

  • Sawmill Trust
  • Stokenchurch Educational Charity

TRAINING ATTENDED

  • Councillor Essentials Parts 1-3 (Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes Association of Local Councils)
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Marion Watson

Parish Councillor

WORKING GROUPS

  • Allotments Working Group
  • Cemeteries Working Group

LIASON GROUPS

  • Medical Centre
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Parish Councillor – Vacancy

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Parish Councillor – Vacancy

Staff

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Lee Kelly

Responsible Financial Officer

County Councillors

Shade Adoh

Shade is a Registered Nurse working primarily in the community, has brought her skills to her work as Vice- Chairman on the Health & Adult Social Care Select Committee at Bucks Council where she has been one of your Councillors since 2015. She is passionate about improving the lives of young residents leading to the setup of the Councillor Shadowing Scheme giving young people the opportunity to learn about local governance which is yielding positive fruit.

Robert Carington

Robert lives in Bledlow with his wife and his two young children an has lived here all of his life. He’s been one of your Bucks Councillors for four years and has been the Vice Chairman of the Transport, Environment and Climate Change Select Committee where he led inquiries looking into pollution in our chalk streams and the Council’s response to flooding which have held Thames Water to account.

Professionally Robert runs a farming business which operates in the area.

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