Your Councillors

9 Queen Eleanor Road
Gillingham
Dorset
SP8 4PH

Tel: 07979 915985
Email: cllrFiona.Cullen@gillinghamdorset-tc.gov.uk

COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP

• General Purposes
• Planning
• Finance and Policy

DISCLOSABLE PECUNIARY INTERESTS

Town Council Representative to:

Gillingham and Shaftesbury Transport Forum

Cllr Cullen became a Gillingham Town Councillor in May 2019.

Sandrian
Newbury
Gillingham
Dorset
SP8 4HZ

Tel: 07876 555046
Email:  cllrDonna.Toye@gillinghamdorset-tc.gov.uk

Cllr Toye has been a Town Councillor since July 2015.  She grew up in Gillingham and then moved away from 1992 – 2003 to Bournemouth, Norwich and then Weybridge in Surrey, Living away from Dorset made her realise how lucky she was to call Gillingham home. She returned to Gillingham with two young sons aged 2 and 4 and, after a period on low income as a single mother, later married.

For many years Cllr Toye juggled many part-time roles to fit around family, until 2014 when she joined Neal’s Yard Remedies. She now works full time in the operations team with responsibility for stock and warehousing for the e-commerce channels. She enjoys working for a local manufacturer  that takes our environment so seriously, as that is a cause very close to her heart.

Cllr Toye raises money for local charities where possible, whether that be jumping on treadmills for our local Fire service or taking part in a 5 day banger rally through the Alps with her husband, in aid of the Somerset and Dorset Air Ambulance and St Marys Gillingham Scout Group .

Cllr Toye is also a flood Warden for Gillingham, an administrator on the Gillingham and Local Areas Facebook page, and once a year serves behind the bar at the local British Legion Beer Festival.

COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP:

• General Purposes – Chairman
• Planning
• Finance & Policy
• Human Resources

DISCLOSABLE PECUNIARY INTERESTS:

Town Council Representative to:

• The Blackmore Vale Community Rail Partnership

24 Chestnut Way
Gillingham
Dorset
SP8 4RT

Tel: 07923 444771

Email: cllrgraham.bashford@gillinghamdorset-tc.gov.uk

Cllr Graham Bashford has lived in Gillingham for most of his life and is deeply rooted in the local community. A passionate supporter of local events, local businesses and local people.

Cllr Bashford is and has been involved with many sports and youth organisations over the years. He is a founder and lifetime member of the Gillingham Trotters Running Club. As a young adult Cllr Bashford played a key role in the Gillingham Amateur Boxing Club, which later became the Blackmore Vale Boxing Club, as a qualified ABA Coach and Judge, where he used to help train and mentor young athletes.

Alongside his sporting commitments, for many years Cllr Bashford worked as a dedicated youth leader at Gillingham Youth Club, supporting and guiding generations of young people.

He continues to give his time generously, marshalling at community events including the annual Remembrance Parade, covid and flu vaccination queues, music festivals, and Gillingham in Gear.

Cllr Bashford is a member of the Gillingham Carnival Committee, an active member of Gillingham Bowling Club, a regular gym user at RiversMeet, and a keen Nordic walker.

In his early working life, he was a local builder before he embarked on a long and committed career as a Prison Officer, a role he held until his retirement.

Always willing to lend a hand, Cllr Bashford remains a familiar and friendly face at many of the town’s events and activities, helping to keep Gillingham’s community spirit strong.

COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP:

• Planning Committee
• Finance and Policy Committee

DISCLOSABLE PECUNIARY INTERESTS

5 Jessop Close
Gillingham
Dorset
SP8 4SJ

Tel: 07799 034 857

Email: cllrgraham.campbell@gillinghamdorset-tc.gov.uk

COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP:

• General Purposes
• Planning

DISCLOSABLE PECUNIARY INTERESTS

I have lived in Gillingham since relocating here in 2021, prior to that I have spent time living and working in Hampshire, London, Devon and Canada. We were drawn to the town and its surroundings as a location to raise our young family with the attractions of the community feel and natural environment.

I am a chartered Water and Environment Manager currently working for a nationally based consultancy with a regional office in Wiltshire, I principally work from home with occasional site visits around the country. I am a specialist in the delivery of nature based solutions (nbs) to environmental problems and as such I am keen to support the Town Council in areas of estate management and green initiatives among others.

My hobbies and interests include walking, cycling and reading.

27 Bayfields
Gillingham
Dorset
SP8 4AE

Tel: 01747 826187

Email: cllrsimon.chase@gillinghamdorset-tc.gov.uk

COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP:

• General Purposes
• Finance & Policy – Deputy Chairman

DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

Selwood
Common Mead Avenue
Gillingham
SP8 4NB

Tel: 01747 822886
Email:cllrrupert.evill@gillinghamdorset-tc.gov.uk

I grew up in Gillingham and have been a member of Gillingham Town Council since 1998. I have in the past chaired the General Purposes and the Planning Committees as well as Full Council.

I work full time, Mondays to Fridays. As a relaxation, I like reading, walking and trying to grow things in the garden.

Rupert was Mayor of Gillingham from 2009 – 2010

COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP:

• General Purposes
• Planning

DISCLOSABLE PECUNIARY INTERESTS:

9 Hilmar Drive
Gillingham
Dorset
SP8 4PL

Tel: 01747 826 394
Email: GTC@gillinghamdorset-tc.gov.uk   

Please mark your email for the attention of Cllr Alan Frith

I left London University in 1968 with an honours degree in Chemistry, Physics and Maths.

In January 1969, I began my teaching career at a boys’ comprehensive school in East London. My teaching was briefly interrupted while I pursued a PhD in radiochemistry.

My teaching career was wide and varied taking on many roles as Head of Year, Head of Department, Examinations Officer, Head of sixth Form , Deputy Head and Acting Head in various schools before taking early retirement in 2001. I also spent two years teaching in an independent school in Portugal – What an experience !

In 2002 I moved to Gillingham and spent some time as a self employed teacher in Somerset before deciding to take full retirement.

In 2012 I was elected a councillor for Gillingham Town Council and have been an active member ever since, chairing various committees.

Over the years, I have enjoyed many hobbies, including badminton, skiing, and golf. However, as time passes, some activities become more challenging, so I have recently returned to bridge after a 50-year absence.

COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP:

• Human Resources – Deputy Chairman
• Planning

DISCLOSABLE PECUNIARY INTERESTS:

30 Plantagenet Way
Gillingham
Dorset
SP8 4TD

Tel: 07841 404946

Email: cllrMichael.gallop@gillinghamdorset-tc.gov.uk

Cllr Gallop is a retired Police Sergeant who served for 35 years with the Metropolitan Police. During his time with the Police, he served in community policing around South West London, before becoming a protection officer for the Diplomatic and Parliamentary Community, followed by a posting to the Anti Terrorist Unit at Heathrow Airport. He finished his career as the Crime Desk Manager at a Central London Police Station.

He is a keen sportsman and completed three London Marathons and represented the English Police against Scotland playing Lawn Green Bowls. He’s an avid hobbyist with a love of reading crime novels and cooking.

He has been a resident of Wyke for the past eleven years and is married with two daughters and  two grandchildren.

COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP:

• General Purposes – Deputy Chairman
• Planning

DISCLOSABLE PECSUNIARY INTERESTS

Old Beech House
Le Neubourg Way
Gillingham
Dorset
SP8 4XH

Tel:
Email: cllrPaul.Harris@gillinghamdorset-tc.gov.uk

After training at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, Councillor Harris was commissioned into the army at the age of 19. He spent 32 years serving throughout the world, leaving as a senior officer to work with NATO as a civilian based in the USA. Subsequently he worked for an international company as a programme director before running his own management consultancy business. In retirement he is an active National Trustee for the Royal British Legion, travelling the country helping the charity, sitting on many of its national committees and working as a Director in its subsidiaries.

Cllr Harris became a Gillingham Town Councillor in July 2015.

Mayor of Gillingham 2021 – 2022

COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP:

• Finance & Policy – Chairman
• Human Resources

Town Council Representative to:

• Reads Charity

DISCLOSABLE PECUNIARY INTERESTS:

18 Clarendon Close
Wyke
Gillingham
SP8 4Nl

Tel: 07437 301007
Email:  cllrMick.Hill@gillinghamdorset-tc.gov.uk

COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP:

• General Purposes
• Finance & Policy

DISCLOSABLE PECUNIARY INTERESTS:

Firle House,
Dolphin Lane
Gillingham
Dorset
SP8 4PH

Tel: 01747 825646
Email: cllrbarbara.hurst@gillinghamdorset-tc.gov.uk

Cllr Hurst joined the town council on May 2024.Barbara is a retired college and university lecturer, who moved to Gillingham in 2021. Previously, she had been a borough councillor in Rushmoor, Hampshire, serving as cabinet member for health & housing, then following a major restructuring of the council, for economy, housing strategy and planning. On Gillingham Town Council, she represents Milton-on-Stour ward and is chairman of the Planning Committee. She is governor at Gillingham Primary School, secretary of Gillingham Local History Society, trustee of Three Rivers Partnership and groups coordinator of Shaftesbury and Gillingham u3a.

COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP:

• Planning – Deputy Chairman
• General Purposes

DISCLOSABLE PECUNIARY INTERTESTS

Town Council Representative to:

• DAPTC – Larger Towns

Marley
Lodden
Gillingham
SP8 4JY

Tel: 07920 871080
Email:  cllrJohn.Kilcourse@gillinghamdorset-tc.gov.uk

Cllr Kilcourse has been a serving councillor sine 2019. He retired from fulltime work in 2017, having spent most of his working life in the construction industry as a project manager. In his last post  he worked for a large loss adjusting company investigating and reporting building on insurance claims, including floods, fire, vehicle impact and subsidence claims. 

Prior to the above he worked for many years in the repair and restoration of historic buildings, including Windsor Castle after the fire, The Palace of Westminster (The Houses of Parliament), the British Museum Great Court project, The Maritime Museum at Greenwich and the Period Rooms at the V&A Museum, amongst many other projects. 

Most of his work prior to that was in Social Housing managing maintenance and refurbishment projects as well a day to day repairs. 

Currently apart from his work as a town councillor, he also does voluntary work driving for Car Link, taking patients to hospital appointments etc. He is a member of Gillshed (A Man Shed for Gillingham) and a member of Gillingham Rotary Club. 

COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP

• Finance and Policy
• Planning – Chairman

DISCLOSABLE PECUNIARY INTERESTS

Address: c/o The Town Hall

Tel: 07845 267248

Email: cllranna.marsh@gillinghamdorset-tc.gov.uk

I am the mother of two daughters and work for a local estate agent as a Lettings Manager. This is my first term on the town council after being elected on in May 2024 local elections, and I am very much looking forward to the next 5 years.

As well as working full time, bringing up my daughters and now being on the council, I also play for the local ladies Rugby team.  We started in the development league and quickly moved into a competitive local league that we dominated, helping us achieve our goal of being promoted 2 years in a row.

When I can I also like to take part in events like the Three Peak Challenge, Ultra Challenges etc to raise money for charity. I aim to do more challenges like this over the coming years and to be far more involved in our local community, where I can.

COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP:

• General Purposes
• Planning

DISCLOSABLE PECUNIARY INTERESTS

Town Council Representative to:

• DAPTC – Northern Area
• NALC Super Councils

22 Camelot Way

Gillingham

Dorset

SP8 4SY

Tel: 01747 826844

Email: cllrsarah.snook@gillinghamdorset-tc.gov.uk

COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP

• General Purposes
• Planning

DISCLOSABLE PECUNIARY INTERESTS

Address: c/o The Town Hall

Telephone: 01747 835524

Email: Cllrchris.tomlinson@gillinghamdorset-tc.gov.uk

My family moved to Gillingham in September 2005 as part of my planning to retire from the British Army, which I left in 2009. My wife and I have two sons and two granddaughters. Both our boys were educated at Gillingham School, although my youngest son went on to Yeovil College for his last two years of secondary education.

After my 29-year military career I was lucky enough to be offered a senior consultant’s role in a global civil engineering company based in London. During nine years in commercial consultancy, I worked on various built-environment projects in the UK and overseas; I specialised in delivering security and resilience to public and private spaces, with a particular emphasis on crime prevention through environmental design.

As well as being a Town Councillor I am also a local magistrate on the Avon & Somerset bench, making decisions that affect vulnerable children, supporting separated parents in making sensible arrangements for their children and helping prevent domestic abuse. I was appointed a Justice of the Peace on 26 March 2019.

COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP

• Planning Committee
• Finance & Policy Committee

DISCLOSABLE PECUNIARY INTERESTS

26 Hyde Road
Gillingham
SP8 4BX

Tel: 07835 271287
Email: cllrBarry.vonclemens@gillinghamdorset-tc.gov.uk

Past Mayor of Gillingham 2016 – 2017 / 2019 – 2021 / 2023 – 2024

Since joining the Gillingham Town Council in 2015, I’ve worked diligently on initiatives that promote inclusivity—most notably as one of the founders of Dementia Friendly Gillingham.

I have been very proud to have served as Mayor 4 times and it has been a great honour to have held that position and been able to promote and help our town during my time in office.

Previously serving as Senior Estates and Facilities Director for NHS in London has equipped me with essential skills in leadership and strategic oversight. My roles extend into various charitable organizations across North Dorset where I hold positions such as Chairman.

I believe strongly in empowering youth; therefore, I’m actively involved as a local school governor and partner with youth groups within our town. My efforts are directed towards sustainable development practices that lead to thriving green spaces recognized by Green Flag status while enhancing biodiversity.

As part of business coalitions dedicated to advancing economic prosperity in Gillingham and North Dorset, I’m excited about shaping a vibrant future for our community through collaboration and innovation.

COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP:

• General Purposes
• Finance
• Human Resources – Chairman

Town Council representative to:

• DAPTC Larger Towns

DISCLOSABLE PECUNIARY INTERESTS:

9 Freame Way
Gillingham
Dorset
SP8 4RA

Tel: 01747 824645
Email:  cllrphilipwalker@gillinghamdorset-tc.gov.uk

I moved to Gillingham 13 years ago; I previously lived in the London Borough of Bexley. I spent my whole career in the Civil Service and retired as the Head of Internal Audit in the Cabinet Office.

Since arriving in Gillingham I have involved myself with the Gillingham Area Car Link and sit on the management committee looking after the recruitment of volunteer drivers.  I have joined the Friends of Withy Woods, helping to look after the woods so they can be enjoyed by Gillingham folk. I have also, in the past, been a steward in the Museum. I was co-opted onto the Council in 2024.

My interests include following my favourite football team, Charlton Athletic, gardening and keeping fit using the excellent Riversmeet gym.

COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP:

• General Purposes
• Finance & Policy

DISCLOSABLE PECUNIARY INTERESTS:

Address c/o Gillingham Town Hall

Tel: 07703 570905
Email; cllrRoger.Weeks@gillinghamdorset-tc.gov.uk

COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP

• Finance & Policy
• HR

Town Council Representative to:

• Gillingham and Shaftesbury Transport Forum
• Volunteer Rights of Way Liaison Officer

DISCLOSABLE PECUNIARY INTERESTS

Cllr Week became a Gillingham Town Councillor in May 2019 and was Mayor of Gillingham 2024-2025