NORTHWOOD PARISH COUNCIL MEMBERS
Councillor COLIN CRAMP
37 Greenways, Northwood. Tel: 01983 289996
Email: colin.cramp@yahoo.co.uk
I have lived on the Island for 54 years, the last 15 in Northwood.
I left Carisbrooke Grammar School at the age of 16 having passed 6 ‘O’ levels.
For 13 years I worked for a local chartered accountant. I then worked for Siemens Plessey for the next 23 years until, as Financial Accountant, I was made redundant, the work being transferred to the mainland. Lastly I worked for Wight Salads for 9 years until 2004 when again I was made redundant, again the accounts work being transferred to the mainland.
I was honoured to be appointed by the Isle of Wight Council to be a member of Northwood Village Management Committee from its inception in 2006 until its planned termination in March 2008. I was also a member of the small volunteer group who helped produce the Northwood Parish Plan last year.
In Northwood News and also The Beacon I write the articles Financial Tip of the Month. I do not belong to any political party. I am opposed to the huge building programme of 5000 homes on the Island every 10 years, because the vast majority of these homes will be purchased by non-Islanders, and include many second homes. I am in favour of building homes where local need is proven, in particular to be owned and occupied in perpetuity by people who have already lived on the Island a number of years. Also I am against tax payers’ money being wasted at County Hall.
I believe it is vital the new Parish Council finds ways to connect with and listen to the local community.
Councillor PAUL FULLER
74 Wyatts Lane, Northwood. Tel: 01983 289595
Email: paulfuller@onwight.net
I am 38 years old and live with a long-suffering wife, Karen and two children in Wyatts Lane.
My family has lived in Northwood for many generations, and I returned to the area wanting to give my family a better life in 1999.
I became involved in public life because I felt elected representatives didn’t put the views of local residents first. Enthused by my attitude, I bizarrely became the youngest prospective Member of the European Parliament when selected by the Green Party in 1994!
On leaving ‘party politics’, I served as an Independent I.W. Councillor for Ryde between 1995 and 2001, increasing my majority on re-election in 1998. Between 2001 and 2005, I became a Cowes Town Councillor, and Gurnard Parish Councillor since 2005.
In Northwood I have served Northwood Residents’ Association and was privileged to enthusiastically chair the Northwood Community Partnership and Village Management Committee. I coordinated the Northwood Parish Plan and aspired to ensure those activities were motivated and transparent.
I also serve as a Justice of the Peace, Northwood School Governor, helped form Island Governors and recently the Friends of Northwood Cemetery.
My main interests include Transport, Planning, improving Youth Facilities, Leisure and the Environment. I endeavour to be a good listener and to act in accordance with views put. If I fail to live up to your expectations, I deserve to be given a hard time! If you haven’t received my full leaflet and require a copy please do not hesitate to contact me!
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Councillor JOHN PULLEN
86 Wyatts Lane, Northwood. Tel: 01983 281250
Email: pullenjd@hotmail.co.uk
I moved to Northwood some time ago prior to my retirement.
My wife and I have always liked the village and welcomed the opportunity to live here. My son and daughter, with their respective families, also live in close proximity. Two grandchildren attend Northwood Primary School.
Prior to moving to the village, I was a co-founder and subsequent Chair of the Albany Residents’ Association, involved in protracted discussions with the Home Office over the sale of Prison Quarters.
I served on the Community Partnership as Neighbourhood Watch coordinator, and I am also secretary to the Council of Neighbourhood Watch for the Island. I assist in the setting up of new schemes and supporting existing ones. I was involved in Northwood becoming a No Cold Calling area, which I believe has worked well. I was Vice-Chairman of Northwood Village Management Committee, and for a short period Chairman, during the period leading up to the Parish being created.
Being elected as a member of the new Parish Council is something I am very proud of, and will serve the people of Northwood to the best of my ability.
Councillor KEITH CLATWORTHY
37 Pallance Road, Northwood. Tel: 01983 296635
Email: kclatworthy@googlemail.com
I originally moved to the Island in the 1970s to fill a temporarily position in the IT department at Plessey Radar, so far that temporary move to the Island has lasted over thirty years! I spent just under ten years commuting daily to the mainland to an IT job in the financial sector before, through a strange quirk of fate, ending up sitting back at the same desk I had occupied ten years earlier after my IT services company won the contract to manage Siemens Plessey’s IT Department.
I accepted a redundancy package in 2006 and left the world of IT. Since then I have been working for Geoff Leather’s Undertakers, originally full time but now on a part time basis, a role I find far more satisfying than my old IT days.
When I first moved to the Island I lived in Cowes, then Gurnard and for the last twenty three years in the village in Pallance Road. The appeal of the Island for me was its semi-rural way of life and the friendliness of its residents.
I stood for Councillor because I wanted to give something back to the community I have enjoyed living in for the past three decades. I don’t align my self with any political party and am happy to listen to any issues and problems you may have with our village, which I truly believe to be one of the best places to live on the Island. I am keen that consideration is given to providing affordable housing for our youngsters. I have concerns about the lack of health care provision for Islanders and the fact that we so often have to travel to the mainland for treatments. I have a desire to do whatever I can to help manage crime and anti-social behaviour issues to ensure we continue to live in one of the safest places on the Island.
Councillor JOHN FULLER
380 Newport Road, Northwood. Tel: 01983246597 07886096302
Email: jlfnorthwood@gmail.com
I moved to the Island from Kent with my family in 1982 when we purchased Seaclose Stores in Newport.
During my time at Seaclose I played an active roll within the local community in varying capacities. I was chairman of the local residents association and involved with Neighbourhood Watch, secretary of the IOW Cricket Board Development Association, events and entertainment organiser for Parkhurst Prison Officer’s Club, captain and secretary of our local cricket and pool teams, and Performing Right Society music researcher for the IOW.
I decided on an early retirement and moved to Northwood in 2007 with my wife Barbara. I have three grown up children and six grand children.
Since our move we have both found it a pleasure living in the village and have made many new friends. Everyone seems to be willing to stop and have a chat and they have taken the time to be helpful and informative.
I enjoy all sport, especially football and cricket, although these days it’s purely in a ‘spectator’ capacity. I also watch speedway and ice hockey, play pub quizzes, and pool. I am an avid ‘amateur’ writer, particularly comedy sketches and short stories, and now spend quite a few happy hours in my garden.
With some extra time on my hands nowadays, I would like to think that I could contribute something to the local community by becoming a Parish Councillor, and in any way I can. I consider myself to be a good listener and always ready to give an opinion or advice if I can. I am not a member of any political party.
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Councillor PATRICK BENTLEY
95 Noke Common, Parkhurst, PO30 5TY. Tel: 01983 248287, 07795 201913
Email: pat.bentleyready@gmail.com
Born in London (1947), I served for 22 years in the Royal Marines. Having enjoyed myself immensely during that time, I finally settled in Portsmouth. Here I had a variety of jobs, including freelance artist, print broker, and finally working for the Post Office.
My partner and I moved to the island by chance 5 years ago, and have since been working hard to turn our ‘homestead’ into a sustainable venture. I have a long-standing interest in sustainable living, and we are getting closer to the ideal every day.
I have no political aspirations, (though I am by nature a Conservative), and strongly believe that local politics should be just that, locally driven and not nationally dictated. At parish level, I believe it should be people politics, not party politics.
My reason for serving is to help provide a voice outside that of the main political parties, away from nationally driven initiatives; in particular the imposition of increased high-density housing and additional population loading, planning (the use of gardens as ‘brown-field sites’), and the creation of good quality, affordable housing. Local communities need local solutions, and the retention of young people in jobs that are worthwhile and in homes they can afford should be the priority of every local council.
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BRENDA CLEWS-CARTWRIGHT: 5 Hogan Road, Horsebridge Hill, Newport. PO30 5UE
Email: paulbrenda@fsmail.net Tel: 0794 6633362
An election was held for the Newport Town Council Parkhurst Ward, the councillors elected being: