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Widcombe
Your local Lib Dems are Councillor Ian Gilchrist and Campaigner Ben Stevens. Ian and Ben work hard for Widcombe to ensure the best for the local community and its residents.
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Ben Stevens, Don Foster MP and Councillor Ian Gilchrist
Councillor Ian Gilchrist
Widcombe Councillor Ian Gilchrist
Ian Gilchrist has been the Councillor for Widcombe since 2007. Ian came to live in Bath in 1983 and has lived in Widcombe since 1984. He works part-time at local software company IPL. Ian is married with two grown-up children both educated at Widcombe Schools and Ralph Allen. Ian is a governor at Widcombe Junior School.
He joined the LibDems in 2003 as a result of UK entry into the Iraq war. His Council duties currently include membership of the Corporate Performance and Resources O&S Panel, the Climate Change Advisory Group, and he is member champion for Energy and Climate Change. His political interests include local environmental issues and schemes especially Transition Bath of which he is a trustee.Ian is proud to represent Widcombe and will try his best to further improve the area for all.
Contact Ian
Address: 24 Horseshoe Walk, Widcombe, Bath, BA2 6DF
Tel: 01225 334 775
Email: [email protected]
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Current Local Campaigns
Cllr Ian Gilchrist is proud to live in Widcombe
Road campaigns:
- Rossiter Rd Two-Way (to divert heavy through traffic away from Widcombe shops)
- Pulteney Rd (to improve safety at the schools crossing)
- Wells Rd (to have a crossing put in where a man was killed 2 months ago)
- Widcombe Hill (work with residents on speed reduction)
Parking permits - to ensure any price rises are justifiable and justified
Community Safety in the Dolemeads estate - working with Police, council officers and other partners to add lighting in dangerous areas and get a Neighbourhood watch scheme started (at request of residents).
Campaigner Ben Stevens
Campaigner Ben Stevens
Ben Stevens is a local graduate who has lived and worked in Widcombe for the past 3 years.
Ben was motivated to become a local councillor to ensure that the council listens and acts on the voices of local residents. Primarily Ben would like to help Widcombe become a cohesive community, one in which all residents and students are made to feel welcome. In particular Ben works to ensure that students coming to the city are accepted by the local community and are encouraged to stay in Bath. Through this he hopes to strengthen the economy of Bath by improving graduate retention and creating a more varied economy that is not over-reliant on tourism.
Ben was born in Bristol and grew up in Bournemouth, moving to Bath in 2006 to study at university. Having fallen in love with this city he has set up home here and has got involved in the local community, helping out with Widcombe Rising and upcoming Comedy Festival. Ben continues to have designs in a theatrical direction as well as beginning a career in event management and marketing.
Contact Ben
Address: 26 Lorne Road, Bath BA2 3BY
Email: [email protected]
How you can help
The Widcombe Liberal Democrats work for you all year round.
Ian and Ben are always busy helping local residents and striving to improve Widcombe. You can help them keep local residents up to date and aid their election campaigns.
If you would like to get involved then please press on the link below to have a look at our
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