Councillor Duncan Fairbairn
 
 
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Welcome to the website of Conservative Councillor Duncan Fairbairn for Cumbria County Council and Allerdale Borough Council. Also a Councillor on Aikton Parish Council.

I have been a County Councillor for 11 years, and am Chairman of the Children & Young People's Scrutiny Panel. This Panel has a brief to scrutinise all the Childrens' services from birth to 18 years of age. With it brings many sub committees in the form of Task Groups (Time Limited work on a particular issue).

I am also on the Health & Well Being Scrutiny Panel, which scrutinises the Health Service, making sure that the whole of the County has equal access to NHS services. I am also on the Audit Committee, Personnel Cases, Cumbria Local Access Forum, along with the Cumbria CC Pensions Forum (an annual monitoring of the County's Pension provision and the Solway AONB.

I have 10 Parish Councils in my County ward (3 being co-terminous with my Borough Ward). They have more than 60 meetings per year, and the local Forum (Bowness, Thursby and Caldbeck Forum) has at least 4 meetings, and more if so required.

I am also on the Age Concern North West Cumbria Co. Board (a company limited by Guarrantee) and the North Allerdale Partnership Board (company limited by guarrantee), which is about Regeneration.

I have been an Allerdale Borough Councillor for 5 years. I am on the Community Scrutiny Committee, The Standards Committee, and the Audit Committee. I am also on the Allerdale Community Fund, which distributes grants to Allerdale and Copeland Borough sports, arts and other bodies for various charitable funds which are availble in the area.

I hold surgeries on the last Friday of each month at:-

The Crown Inn, Hesket Newmarket at 10 am to 11 am
The Thursby Parish Hall, at 12 am to 1 pm
Kirkbride CDC, behind Kirkbride School 2 pm to 3 pm

This site is regularly updated with my latest news, press releases, latest national news and other places where you can contact me.

I will 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 email me on:-

Cumbria Country Council Matters

Or telephone: 07813 702 341

 

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Date Event
21/11/08 Solway Firth Partnership AGM
27/11/08 A596 Action Group meeting
29/11/08 Caldbeck Book Launch