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to the website of Councillor Duncan Fairbairn, Cumbria County
Councillor and District Councillor for Allerdale.
My name is
Duncan Fairbairn and I live in Aikton Parish. I have been
a Parish Councillor in Aikton some 30 years. I first became
a Cumbria County Councillor in the 1977 / 81 council for the
Thursby, Caldbeck Ward, retiring for business reasons. Having
less business commitments in 2001, I stood again for Cumbria
County Council in the Bowness, Thursby and Caldbeck Ward,
and became their councillor. I stood again in 2005
and was re-elected.
On the County Council, I am on 2 Scrutiny Panels: Theme D
Children and Young People, and on Theme C, Vulnerable Adults
for which I am Vice Chairman.
I am also on the Archives Committee, Cumbria Local Access
Forum, Personnel Cases, and am a reserve for the Standards
Committee, the Development Control and the Pensions Committee.
I am on a number of Outside Bodies such as : Age Concern
North West Cumbria, The Solway AONB, and the North Allerdale
Partnership (MTI).
As an Allerdale Councillor, I am on the Standards Committee
and the Allerdale Community Fund.
In 2003, I
also stood for Allerdale Borough Council and became the District
Councillor for Warnell Ward. I am on a number of committees
including the Health Scrutiny (scrutinising the NHS services),
the Environmental Quality and Safety Scrutiny (Fire Service,
Waste Disposal and many Safety issues) and Archives. I also
Chair the Scrutiny Panel Theme D of the Cumbria County Council:
Improving the Life Chances and Well-Being of Children and
Young People.
The site is
regularly updated with my latest news, press releases, details
of surgeries and other places where you can contact me.
I will be posting
regular news items associated
with my work in Cumbria and from Conservative Central Office.
If you have any queries
as a result of anything on the website or a general enquiry
please do not hesitate to contact
me.

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