Councillors - Councillor Details

Name: Keith Bovill

Ward: St Mary’s

Tel:     01638 660608

Email: kbovill@tinyworld.co.uk

I was extremely pleased and honoured to have been nominated and elected to the office of Mayor for 2011/2012, by my fellow Councillor’s.

Originally from Croydon, I moved to Newmarket in 1985 having married Tracey; a local girl. We celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary in 2010 and have two sons; both of whom are working in accountancy.

On leaving school, I joined the Royal Navy and trained as an Electrical Mechanic. I left the forces in 1978 and have subsequently held a number of management positions in the office equipment and social housing fields. I have also worked at Newmarket Citizens Advice Bureau as a volunteer adviser.

I am currently employed as the Head of Housing at Racing Welfare and am responsible for the day to day housing management of their Housing Association’s property portfolio.

I was Deputy Mayor and Chairman of the Finance & Policy committee during 2010/11 and have been actively involved in the development of our new community facilities at the King Edward VII Memorial Hall.

Our shared vision is to ensure a sustainable and vibrant Newmarket that meets with the expectations and aspirations of all sections of our community both now and into the future. As Mayor, I will continue to use my best endeavours to safeguard the facilities and services that our residents want.

Name: George Lambton

Ward: All Saints

Tel:     01638 663319

Email: georgelambton@btinternet.com

Name: Michael Anderson

Ward: Studlands

Tel:     01638 601 624 / 07767 476 817

Email: michaela.8@live.co.uk

Name: John Berry

Ward: Severals

Tel:      01638 660 663

Email: johnwathenberry@yahoo.co.uk

I am 45, and I live and work in Exeter Road, where I train horses in Beverley House Stables, a property which I have occupied since 1997. I began training in Hamilton Road two years previously, having moved to the town in 1987. I am married to Emma and have one son, Anthony, from my previous marriage.

I am very proud to live in what I regard as a very special town. As a life-long lover of both horse-racing and history, as well as a professional trainer, I cherish Newmarket's history and tradition, which is so closely intertwined with the history of horse-racing.

I feel that it is the duty of the current generation to ensure that Newmarket remains the greatest horse-racing town in the world, and that the training of racehorses can continue indefinitely to run harmoniously alongside and within the overall life of the town – and my primary aim in standing for the council was to be in a position to help to safeguard a future in which Newmarket can continue to thrive both as a training centre and as a community in which all its inhabitants can take pride.

Name: Janet Clarke

Ward: St Mary’s

Tel:     01638 662041

Email: janet-clarke@live.com

Name: Shirley Crickmere

Ward: All Saints

Tel:      01638 663906

Email: arthur.crickmere@virgin.net

Born 1935 (S.R.N. MSSch.FBChA)

In 1940 I attended Acting school and went on to study shorthand and became a Junior Reporter.

In 1950 I worked for the Bognor Regis Observer and in 1953 I studied Nursing and raised money for the hospital, producing Pantomimes. I met Jim and married in 1957. We have one daughter Jacqueline, two sons Peri and James and three Grandsons.

In 1958 Jim was employed by United Africa Co. and we lived in Ghana and Nigeria, where I became Director of Studies - School of Careers, my role involved getting youngsters to University via the British Consul. In 1979 we came back to the U.K. and I became Chief Nursing Officer for P & O. During the medicals I carried out, I found that sea staff tended to have bad feet; therefore I decided to study Podiatry. I came back to Newmarket in 1984 and worked as a Podiatrist, and I am now President of the East Anglian Podiatry Association.

I served Forest Heath as a Councillor and in 1986 was Chairman. In 1996 I helped found Newmarket in Bloom, Newmarket Carnival, served on Crossroads and at the Citizens Advice Bureau. As a member of West Suffolk Community Health Council I helped reconstruct Newmarket Hospital.

My wish is to retain Newmarket Hospital and expand the care offered; to expand the Market and ensure it is in a suitable location; expand trade and continue the pleasant atmosphere of the Town. I will strive to listen to the needs and suggestion of all residents.

Name: Jacko Fanshawe

Ward:  St Marys

Tel:      01638 660153 / 07780 915584

Email: jacko@jamesfanshawe.com

I first came to Newmarket in 1966 as a young girl and fell in love with it. From then on I spent all my school holidays here until moving here permanently in 1977. Since then Newmarket has been my home.

It has always been the most exciting and vibrant place and I consider myself lucky to live in this wonderful location with so much to offer. What could be better? A town with so much history entwined with an industry so unique, Newmarket is renowned the world over as ‘The Home of Horseracing’. I believe we need to preserve this industry, do what we can to promote the town and to assist the Retailers Association with their commitment to restore the High Street to its former glory.

I am married to racehorse trainer James Fanshawe and we have a fourteen-year-old son Tom. We are all very proud to live in one of the most historic yard in town, namely Pegasus Stables (formerly Falmouth Stables) on the Snailwell Road, which was built in 1886 by Fred Archer the most prolific jockey of his time.

Name: Warwick Hirst

Ward: Severals

Tel:     01638 664252 / 07739 013785

Email: hirstjwh45@aol.com

We moved to Newmarket in 1986 and our two daughters were brought up and educated here. One is a trainee solicitor and the other is a research scientist.

My interests are walking, cycling, reading and looking after our various animals.

I have spent most of my career working in manufacturing companies. Following ten years in Unilever in Sales and Marketing, I became Director of the Mailing Systems Division of a USA Office Equipment Company. Later I joined a USA Packaging Company and became responsible for their export business, including four years as General Manager of a USA Subsidiary based in Chicago. I now work with a colleague setting up export distributors for packaging machinery companies.

I was elected to the Town Council in 2003. I was Town Mayor from 2005 to 2007 and the last 3 years I have been Chairman of the Town Council’s Community Services Committee.

My reason for being a Councillor is to develop Newmarket as a Town. We have recently built the Severals Pavilion and we are engaged in refurbishing our Memorial Hall as a Council. Recent initiatives have been to form a Retailers Association to help the business of the Town. I am also very concerned to get more facilities for the youth of Newmarket.

The key objective for me is to have much more responsibility as a Council for the Town and that will enable us to get the best results for our residents, visitors and workers.

Name: Rachel Hood

Ward: Severals

Tel:      01638 565456 / 07713 211555

Email: racheldshood@aol.com

Name: David Hudson

Ward: St. Mary’s

Tel:     01638 661272

Email: d.hudson1@ntlworld.com