Avril Davies,  Bucks County Councillor's July Report 2009

 
I'd like to thank everyone for the tremendous support given to me in the election. I have been returned as the County Councillor for Ivinghoe Division for the third time, with almost the same majority, but a smaller turnout this time. The two previous occasions coincided with the general election so more people voted. The County Council and District Council elections alternate every two years. For the County Council I represent ten villages. For the District I just represent Ivinghoe and Pitstone. I particularly would like to thank everyone who sent me messages of congratulation, as they were so unexpected. Usually it takes a while for the results to become known, but with the Bucks County Council and Bucks Herald running such good websites, not to mention the  village websites which are extremely well used, and dare I say it, Twitter. Communications are so much faster today.

I got a lot of good ideas from talking to people during the campaign, and some very good ideas to take forward on a whole number of things. Standing for election isn't very enjoyable, but this time I do feel the campaign has been positively invigorating.

Local Area Forum July 2nd
This will probably be past before this is published, but the Forum needs as much publicity as possible as it is open to the public. This meeting is in Cheddington Village Hall at 7pm and is attended by representatives of all the Parish Councils in the County Divisions of Stoke Hammond, Wing and Ivinghoe.  The forum is often taken up with highways issues, but we are moving on from that and in July London Midland trains are attending to tell us how they are going to improve the service, and answer questions. We are going to hear about the Childrens centres that are propsed for Ivinghoe and Wing, Adult Social care services locally, and very importantly Youth Services.

The next Forum will be on October 1st, provisionally in Stewkley, when we hope the local highways area technician will hold a drop in session for parish clerks and the public before the main meeting starts, where local potholes, drainage, signage etc can be sorted out.

You can find out more on www.buckscc.gov.uk/democracy