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Parliamentary Candidate

Tania Exley-Moore

Tania was the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidate for Scarborough and Whitby in the 2005 General Election and succeeded in doubling the party's share of the vote. She was re-selected as Candidate in the summer of 2006.
38 Chantry Drive East Ayton Scarborough North Yorkshire
01723 865 312
exley-moore@lineone.net

Councillors

Group Leader

Brian O'Flynn

Brian is the leader of the Liberal Democrat Group on Scarborough Borough Council and is a councillor for Eastfield Ward.
10 The Garlands Scarborough North Yorkshire
01723 381 925
Cllr.Brian.OFlynn@scarborough.gov.uk
http://eastfieldfirst.blogspot.com/

Cllr

Brian Simpson

I am a 39 year old single Dad of two, since moving to Eastfield over 10 years ago I have been involved with many community groups in the area. I have been the Chairman of Eastfield Parish Council for the past four years and a Borough Councillor for Eastfield since 2002. In 2005 I was privileged to be elected as County Councillor for Eastfield & Osgodby, since then I have built up a very good working relationship with Osgodby Parish Council and made many friends in the village. I have supported Osgodby Community Association in bringing the allotments project to life and before this I lead the group which saw the skateboard park being built in Eastfield. Eastfield & Osgodby is a good area to live in with great potential, I will do all I can to see that full potential realised.
45 Sweetbecks Close, Eastfield, Scarborough, North Yorkshire
01723 875 972
cllr.brian.simpson@scarborough.gov.uk
http://eastfieldfirst.blogspot.com/

Cllr

Geoff Evans

Geoff, is on the Borough Eastfield Ward. He was brought up on Barrowcliff. He worked for 28 years at McCains where he took an active role in the trade union movement as a Shop Steward and Safety Rep. Geoff is married to Brenda and they have three children and five grandchildren.
144 Prospect Road Scarborough North Yorkshire
01723 366 887

Cllr

Kevin Riley

Kev was elected Borough Councillor for Falsgrave in the 2007 Local Elections. He has lived and worked in the ward for many years. He is a qualified youth worker and has worked at Scarborough Sixth Form College and at Falsgrave Community Centre and he has a background as a landscape gardener and conducted Gardeners' question Time on Yorkshire Coast Radio.. He is married with a young daughter and a baby son.
53 Oak Road Falsgrave Scarborough North Yorkshire
01723 364 128

Cllr

Lani Rodgers

Lani was elected Councillor for Ramshill Ward in the 2007 Local Elections. She has lived in the ward for many years though she was born in St Petersburg in Russia where she trained as a doctor. She is married to Rod and they have a daughter Sasha.
33 Princess Royal Terrace South Cliff Scarborough North Yorkshire
01723 350 195
sveta@komova.freeserve.co.uk

2009 County Council Candidates

Liz Black

Liz Black was born in Mumbai (then called Bombay) in India in 1959, the only daughter of a Unilever executive and a school teacher. She was born one of India's forty million Christians. She was educated at St Josephs Covent School in Poona and subsequently took a 1st Class Honours Degree in Psychology at the University of Mumbai (Then called The University of Bombay) in 1983, she also holds a Masters in Business Administration from St Xavier College in Mumbai. After her education was complete she joined the Indian advertizing industry. Her career culminated in her running her own advertizing and marketing agency. She was a worker for the Indian National Congress Party throughout her adult life until she came to live in Yorkshire. She married William Black, a retired communications engineer, in 2006 and moved to Scarborough, a place she at once fell in love with.
If you wish to contact Liz then email her via our 'Keep in Touch' link on this website

Geoff Evans

Geoff, is on the Borough Eastfield Ward. He was brought up on Barrowcliff. He worked for 28 years at McCains where he took an active role in the trade union movement as a Shop Steward and Safety Rep. Geoff is married to Brenda and they have three children and five grandchildren.
144 Prospect Road Scarborough North Yorkshire
01723 366 887

Bob Jackman

Bob Jackman is an experienced Lib Dem councillor having represented North Heaton on Newcastle upon Tyne City council. He moved to Scarborough permanently in 2007 following on from both his own and his wife's retirement from full time employment. His parents were both York born and bred and North Yorkshire was the natural place for both him and his Yorkshire born wife to move to. Bob trained as a teacher and taught in Yorkshire, Africa and the West Midlands. He worked as an independent consultant to the then DfES in Darlington as well as part time lecturing at further education colleges on Tyneside. As a councillor he maintained his interest in education serving on the Education Commission set up by Newcastle Lib Dems when they took control of the council in 2004. He also served on the Adult Social Services and Health Scrutiny Committee taking special interest in the quality of Health Services offered within the local community. He took an active role in promoting Newcastle as a Fairtrade city and also chaired a number of council committees and represented Newcastle City Council on a number of external bodies. He is currently a governor of three local Scarborough schools including Brompton & Sawdon Community School and Brompton Hall School.
If you wish to contact Bob please email him via our 'keep in touch' link on this website.

Magnus Johnson

Dr Magnus Johnson (42) is a diving instructor, marine biologist and lecturer at the Scarborough Campus of the University of Hull. He moved to the area 7 years ago and lives in Hackness with his wife (Rowan Johnson - Vice-principal of Scarborough 6th Form) and two boys who attend the local primary school. Prior to coming to North Yorkshire he gained a BSc(Hons) in Biology at Plymouth University, a Masters in Marine and Fisheries Science at Aberdeen University and a PhD in Deep-sea biology from Leicester University and the Institute of Oceanography. He has worked as a marine biologist in places such as Jamaica, Seychelles, Indonesia, Egypt, Tobago and Belize. He has served as a governor at the Sixth Form College and Pindar Community College and is now a governor at Hackness Church of England Primary School. He also serves as an external examiner for Hull and Sheffield Colleges. After doing his time as Head of the Centre for Environmental and Marine Sciences for five years he stood down in order to have more time for research and his young family. His current interests include trying to find ways to help the fishing industry survive in rural communities and Antarctic ecology. In his spare time he tries to keep middle-age spread at bay by running and mountain biking and has recently developed an interest in growing his own vegetables. Magnus is a member of the Liberal Democrats because he prefers common sense to political dogma and believes that people should have the opportunities to succeed whatever their background. However with that right comes responsibility and Magnus believes that the liberal party is the one that can best promote community and equality over greed and privilege. He is a big fan of Vince Cable - one of the most intelligent and inspiring politicians of our time. Local issues that concern Magnus include the fishing industry, getting the most for the area out of the fact that Scarborough is a university town, the appalling state of public transport in rural areas, ensuring sustainability of the rural economy - balancing environmental and economic needs and making sure that our local schools are as excellent as they can be.
If you wish to contact Magnus then email him via our 'Keep in Touch' link on this website.

Graham Peirson

Graham is standing for Streonshalh and Westcliffe in the 2009 County Council Elections. He lives and works in the division, working in a Social Care setting. He was born is Sleights and went to school in Whitby.
If you wish to get in touch with Graham then email him via the 'Keep in Touch' link on this website.

Kevin Riley

Kev was elected Borough Councillor for Falsgrave in the 2007 Local Elections. He has lived and worked in the ward for many years. He is a qualified youth worker and has worked at Scarborough Sixth Form College and at Falsgrave Community Centre and he has a background as a landscape gardener and conducted Gardeners' question Time on Yorkshire Coast Radio.. He is married with a young daughter and a baby son.
53 Oak Road Falsgrave Scarborough North Yorkshire
01723 364 128

Rod Rodgers

Rod Rodgers - Ramshill & Weaponness A Yorkshireman born and bred, Rod Rodgers has lived in Scarborough for the last 25years. He is married to Lani and has a grown up son and a five (?six) year old daughter Sasha. He is a Governor of Springhead School. He is a Magistrate and has travelled widely in third world countries. Rod has recently retired after 35 years in the Hotel industry, most recently as Chief Executive of the Grand Hotel Group UK and has time to devote himself to being a Councillor. He wants to stand up and be counted as someone who does something about the issues that affect every one not just complain about them. Rod believes that the Liberal Democrats are the nearest thing to a common sense Party. Rod begs everyone to use their vote and that the current 35% turnouts and below are just not on. He wants a 'big voice' not just a 'little voice' in Ramshill & Weaponness.
33 Princess Royal Terrace South Cliff Scarborough North Yorkshire
01723 350 195
sveta@komova.freeserve.co.uk

Malcolm Short

Malcolm is 49 years old.. He has lived in Scarborough all his life and for the last nine years in the Central Ward/Castle Division. He is married with two children and three grandchildren. He has 28 years experience of youth work, and is a previous manager for disabled people mainly people with learning disabilities.
If you wish to contact Malcolm then please email him via the 'Keep in Touch' link on this website.

Brian Simpson

I am a 39 year old single Dad of two, since moving to Eastfield over 10 years ago I have been involved with many community groups in the area. I have been the Chairman of Eastfield Parish Council for the past four years and a Borough Councillor for Eastfield since 2002. In 2005 I was privileged to be elected as County Councillor for Eastfield & Osgodby, since then I have built up a very good working relationship with Osgodby Parish Council and made many friends in the village. I have supported Osgodby Community Association in bringing the allotments project to life and before this I lead the group which saw the skateboard park being built in Eastfield. Eastfield & Osgodby is a good area to live in with great potential, I will do all I can to see that full potential realised.
45 Sweetbecks Close, Eastfield, Scarborough, North Yorkshire
01723 875 972
cllr.brian.simpson@scarborough.gov.uk
http://eastfieldfirst.blogspot.com/

Chris Walker

I was born in Sheffield in 1946. One of my grandfathers drove tramcars, the other was a coal miner. Both my parents were teachers and I have two elder sisters, one also being a teacher the other a nurse. Though born in Yorkshire the family moved to Lincolnshire where I was educated. After leaving school I was employed as a clerical officer for British Telecom before I took up a post as a fireman with the Leicester City Fire Brigade followed by a similar post with the Worcestershire Fire Brigade. After a number of years as a fireman I left the service and worked in a factory making diesel engines before I decided to qualify as a nurse caring for people with a learning difficulty. This was in 1982. In 1983 I married my wife Lynn who was also a nurse and in 1994 we moved to Scarborough to live. Initially we had a guest house though as a nurse I still worked but mainly in nursing homes caring for people with Alzheimers. My wife and myself still wanted to care for people with a learning difficulty so we stopped being a guest house and now have three people with s learning difficulty living with us. My hobbies are walking, reading, meeting people and though I was a very keen player of cricket and rugby I now watch these games instead of playing. I enjoy adventure having helped to sail tall ships, spent time in the Brecon Beacons living off the land on a survival course, hot air ballooning, parascending and rock climbing. I am also an advanced driver and as such I have an interest in road safety and because of my caring back ground I support the welfare of all people especially those with physical or mental problems.
If you wish to contact Chris then please email him via the 'Keep in Touch' link on this website.

Johanes Zegstroo

Johanes is a Governor at St. George's Primary School He manages Holt Junior Football Club and is involved in local sport. He is a member of the PTA at St. Augustine's school Johan is an activist with three young children. He has a wish to see better facilities for the young in order to keep them away from crime.
If you wish to contact Johanes then please email him via the 'Keep in Touch' link on this website.