The Parish Council

Chris Tomblin

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Chris is a chartered engineer and lives just outside the Chineham boundary with his wife and young daughter.

He has been a member of the Parish Council since January 2000, is currently Chairman and hopes to help the parish council achieve its goals and encourage the people of Chineham to express their views; stand up and be counted!

He has been a fervent campaigner with the Basingstoke Burner Action Campaign, against the imposition of the incinerator on the people of Chineham, and as a parish councillor sits on the Incinerator Liaison Group fighting for the cleanest, most tightly monitored incinerator.

He is presently a member of the following groups and committees:

• Planning
• Recreation
• Facilities

Martin Biermann

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Martin Biermann has been a resident of Chineham since 1979.

Originally elected to the parish council when Chineham was still part of Old Basing, on being granted 'independence' the 2 Chineham residents on Old Basing Parish Council automatically became Chineham parish councillors.

Since that time Martin has been particularly interested and involved with planning issues and is presently a member of the following groups and committees:

• Planning
• Basingstoke Association of Parish and Town Councils   (BAPTC)
• Four Lanes Infant School Governor

In 1994 he was elected as an independent member of the Borough Council

Ginny Wright

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Ginny has lived in Chineham since 1997.

Her interests include photography, gardening, and the environment (especially local flora) and she is a member of the local Neighbourhood Watch.  She is committed to recycling and to keeping Chineham a safe and pleasant place in which to live.

Ginny is presently a member of the following groups and committees:

• Recreation
• Crime Action Group (CAG)

Leslie Fryer

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Les Fryer is a Chineham resident and was first co-opted onto the council in February 2001, then again in May 2007

Now retired (he was company Secretary of a major Trade Association and had worked in the retail trade), he is a Fellow of the Institute of Company Accountants and a Chartered Secretary.  He has been involved for many years in the voluntary sector and his special interest on the parish council is Finance.

He is presently a member of the following groups and committees:

• Finance
• Basingstoke Association of Parish and Town Councils (BAPTC)

Paul Miller

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Since leaving the RAF after 25 years as an air traffic controller, Paul has held various jobs in the aviation industry both in the UK and abroad.  He lives in Chineham with his wife, Sandra.

Paul has always taken an interest in his local community, serving as a member of a housing association and president of a non-profit organisation whilst in California, running charity events in the UK and abroad and lecturing on security threats to various community groups.

He is presently a member of the following groups and committees:

• Recreation
• Planning committee(Vice-Chairman)

Brian Sperring

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Brian is a long standing resident of Chineham and is married with three grown up children.

Following a varied career in aviation, he retired as a senior captain but returned to work to help colleagues start up Virgin Atlantic Airways, flying as a line captain on the Virgin Boeing 747.   He eventually retired from commercial flying in 1991 but carried on flying as an instructor until 1995.

Brian was editor of 'Chineham Chat' for nearly three years, during which time he became very familiar with local issues.

He is interested in public transport as a means of reducing congestion and pollution and is also passionately in favour of recycling.

He is presently a member of the following groups and committees:

• Finance
• Transport
• Village Hall Management Committee

Ron Parkin

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Ron moved to Chineham several years ago, hoping for a slightly slower pace of life on retirement, having served in the Army then working for BT for 35 years.

He was co-opted onto the Parish Council in May 2007.

He is presently a member of the following groups and committees:

• Finance
• Recreation
• Governor of Four Lanes Infant School

David Thornton

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David is presently a member of the following groups and committees:

• Planning (Chairman)
• Tree Warden

Marian Adams

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Marian Adams has lived in Chineham for many years.

She enjoys flower arranging, gardening and travel and works as an advertising standards consultant.  She has been an active member of Neighbourhood Watch for more than 10 years.

She is presently a member of the following groups and committees:

• Recreation (Chairman)

Karen Ross

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Karen became Parish Clerk in January 2003.

She was born in Basingstoke and is married with 2 children.

She has coached all standards, including county, of netball for more than 20 years.

PO Box6275, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG22 4WJ

Tel: 01256 474500

Eunice Jones

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Eunice became Assistant Clerk on 1 July 2008.

She was born in Maidenhead and moved to Basingstoke in 1978.

Her interests are walking and rambling, going to the gym, watching golf and football, and gardening.  Before joining the team she spent 26 years at Eli Lilly.

PO Box 6796, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG24 4LS

Tel: 01256 324345