Your Parish Councillors

Mark has been a councillor on Brickhill Parish Council since it was set-up in May 2004, serving as Chair throughout this period. He had been a member of Brickhill Urban Community Council for a short period leading up to the setting up of Brickhill Parish. He has also been a Borough Councillor representing the Mallard Hill/Brickhill Drive area for eight years, while that area was in De Parys ward.

Mark has lived in Bedford for more than 30 years and works as an IT project manager. His personal interests include conservation, renewable energy and tackling fuel poverty. He served as a school governor for more than 20 years, most recently on Beauchamp Middle School’s governing body.

Peter is a retired industrial chemist who also worked at the European Technical Centre in St Neots, a division of a US based chemical company originally on research and development but for the final 10 years, as European Technical Co-ordinator.

Peter has lived in Brickhill for 50 years. He joined the Brickhill Urban Community Council in 2000 and was elected as a councillor in 2004 when it became a Parish Council. For the last eleven years he has been the Chair of the Planning Committee.

Since an early age Peter has been interested in sustainable transport – buses, cycling and trains – evolving over the years into environment, road safety and highway infrastructure.

Charles helped establish Brickhill Parish Council and believes every community should have the opportunity to benefit from local decision making.

He has lived and worked in Brickhill since 1991 as Vicar of St Mark’s Church and Community Centre.

Borough Councillor Reports are included in Parish Council Minutes and via the news section.

Wendy moved to Bedford in 1975 as a social worker and this heralded the start of a dedication to our community which has lasted for over 40 years culminating in her current roles as both a serving Parish Councillor and for the last 7 years, as an elected Borough Councillor.

Wendy has been a passionate supporter of The Girl Guide Association since 1975, ran the Brickhill Community Centre for a time and for the last 20 years, has managed St Mark’s Church Community Centre.

Wendy brings a significant level of experience to her role and has been a serving member of Brickhill Parish Council from the outset and the Urban Community Council, its predecessor, before that.

Morris has lived in Bedford for 17 years. At the moment he is working as an interpreter and translator. He was a voluntary School Governor at St John Rigby Lower School in Putnoe, for 6 years and a voluntary Police Custody Visitor for 4 years.

Morris has an unshakeable belief in the power of education to change people’s lives, and as such, over the years, he has taught English as a Foreign Language to many local people voluntarily. At present, he is a volunteer at the BRASS office in Bedford and a member of the Christians against Torture Group.

Corinne is a local headteacher at a lower school in the Borough.

She has served on the parish council for 5 years and has been actively involved in personnel and financial matters of the council.

Vince has lived in Brickhill since 1978 and attended the local schools. Since leaving school he has worked for Royal Mail and has been a member of the Army Reserve.

Vince has been active in local politics for a number of years supporting the Liberal Democrats, finally joining the Liberal Democratic Party as a member in 2014.

He is also actively involved with St Mark’s Church, in various roles and a member of our Allotments and Open Spaces Committee

Cathrine Ward I am a parent of two I have a Youth and Community background and in the past I was a governor at Beauchump Middle School.

I am a Parish councillor amd member of the Finance and Personnel Advisory Group because I care about the area I live in and would like to help influence change in my local community.

Michael was born in Bedford and has lived, schooled and worked here ever since. He has always been involved and active in community issues and causes and that continued when he moved to Woodlands Park in 2010, where he was a founding member of the Woodlands Park Residents Association. It’s his belief that parish councils should be free of party politics, and so serves as an independent councillor, having won a February 2018 by-election.

He is a single parent who has an interest in special needs education, electric cars, environmental issues and animal welfare.

I am a mother of two boys and I have lived in Bedford for the last 26 years. I love Bedfordshire and I think it is a really nice place to bring up our kids.

I am involved in an organisation called Our Minds Matter where we sign post people towards First Aid mental health training. I particularly like this topic as I like to help people who suffer from mental health.

I’ve worked for Bedford Hospital for 19 years and I am now working at MSK on Kimbolton Road. I won the Care And Compassion award in 2017 from Bedford Hospital as well as the High Sheriff Award in 2018 for my work in the community.

I have lived in the Parish of Brickhill for nearly 10 years with my husband and two children. I am very interested in environmental stewardship, sustainable development and education. I have been a geography teacher for 20 years and currently work as an Assistant Headteacher at St Thomas More within the Parish.  This is my first role in local politics and I stand as an independent councillor.  I look forward to representing the views of the Parishioners of the East Ward of Brickhill.

Cllr Grant was elected to this position in May 2019. Alastair represents the people of Brickhill South & West Ward in his capacity as Parish Councillor. He is also a member of the Planning Committee.

Cllr Green was elected to this position in May 2019. Stuart represents the people of Brickhill East Ward in his capacity as Parish Councillor. He also sits on the Planning Committee.

Mike is Bedford born and bred and moved to Brickhill in 2011. Mike had no desire to get into local politics but felt compelled to get involved in 2021 to drive positive change for the residents of Brickhill. Mike is a Sales Director in the IT and Telecoms sector focussing on the Public Sector and has a passion for how technology can bring positive social impact to those who need it most.

Born and raised in Luton, educated locally and at Mander College, moved to Brickhill in 1995, married. Recently took up the offer of early retirement after 41 years in the telecommunications industry. Proud to be a Trade Union member (CWU).

Interests include public transport, industrial history & architecture and politics.