Tuesday 7 May 2013

Last week was election week in Wiltshire and we now have our 98 new members for the second unitary council. There are 27 new members amongst the intake which is good to see. I had the privilege of returning nearly 30 members as Returning Officer in Trowbridge on Friday. It was good to meet them and briefly hear their views and ambitions for the future.

I’d like to thank the hundreds of staff involved in ensuring the election process was well planned and delivered. It was great to see so many staff, ex-staff and members of our communities getting involved to make this a success. They worked incredibly hard, for long hours and by the time we finished around 7pm on Friday night, they were all pretty tired. A great job by the whole team.


This week the new member induction programme starts with a full day in the Civic Centre Trowbridge to swear in some new members. This session will also be repeated in Salisbury and Chippenham. We also have sessions on safeguarding, corporate parenting, governance and training for full council which is being held next week. A packed and exciting week ahead!


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Thanks for reading and we’ll talk again in a week or so.

Carlton