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Home / About Us / Our Structure / Executive Committee

Executive Committee

The members of our Executive Committee are as follows:

President

  • Mary Kelly Foy MP for City of Durham

Honorary Treasurer

  • Cllr A Blakemore

Honorary Auditor

  • Mr D Austin

Larger Council Representatives (councils with an electorate of >6,000 and/or budget of >£250,000)

  • Cllr D Bell (Brandon & Byshottles Parish Council)(chair of CDALC)
  • Cllr A Blakemore (Sedgefield Town Council)
  • Cllr A Chandran (Great Aycliffe Town Council),
  • Cllr M Harker (Bishop Auckland Town Council)
  • Cllr B Morrow (Horden Parish Council)
  • Cllr J Nicholson (Stanley Town Council)
  • Cllr S Reece (Chilton Town Council)
  • Cllr S Walker (City of Durham Parish Council)

Smaller Council Representatives (councils with an electorate of <6,000 and a budget of £250,000)

  • Cllr S Ashfield (Shincliffe Parish Council)
  • Cllr I Diggory (West Rainton and Leamside Parish Council)
  • Cllr S Dowson (Fishburn Parish Council)
  • Cllr S Hann (Pelton Parish Council)
  • Cllr A Hawkes (South Bedburn Parish Council)
  • Cllr H Neve (Bishop Middleham Parish Council)

Outside Durham County Council  Area Representatives

  • Cllr M Armstrong (Darlington)
  • Cllr J Callaghan (Gateshead)
  • Cllr D Geddis (City of Sunderland)

Parish and Town Council representative on Durham County Council Standards Committee – ex-officio member of CDALC Executive Committee where not already on the Executive Committee

  • Cllr J Hirst (Brandon and Byshottles Parish Council)

Officers

  • Executive Officer – Audrey Christie
  • Finance and Admin Officer – Janet Wainwright
  • Executive Committee

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