Clare Curran was elected as Conservative Councillor for Bookham North in May 2000. She came to live in Bookham in 1993 having previously lived in Hackney, East London. She is married with three children. She is a solicitor by profession and until her first child was born in 1997, worked in the City.

Clare is the Member Champion for Efficiency. Member Champions cover the priorities of the community in Mole Valley, and other important areas where the Conservative Council is striving to make a difference. In this role, she has done a lot of work to support the establishment of the East Surrey Improvement Partnership, in which Mole Valley District Council is working together with neighbouring Reigate and Banstead and Tandridge Councils to cut joint overheads and make significant budget savings.

Clare chaired the working party that is managing the modernisation of the Leatherhead Leisure Centre. This project began in 2005 with a major public consultation, is currently in its design phase and construction work at the centre is planned to start this year.

Clare is chair of the Governing Body of Therfield School in Leatherhead and a member of the Governing Body of Eastwick Infant School in Bookham. She is actively involved in several community-focussed organisations in Bookham.

She is married with three young children, who all attend local schools and whom she supports in their local and sports activities. If she has any spare time, she watches cricket or works in the garden.

You can contact Clare on cllr.curran@molevalley.gov.uk or 01372 452225.

David Walker was elected Conservative Councillor for Bookham North in 2003 and was reelected with massively-enlarged majority in May 2007.

Born in 1944, David grew up in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire. After taking a university degree by external study whilst supporting himself as a hospital porter, David started his formal career as a management trainee in the gas industry which was then undergoing a swift transformation to a modern marketing-led organisation using advanced technology demanded by the new natural gas supply.

David subsequently made a promotional move to Esso. He undertook a wide range of assignments including sales representative, office services manager, work analysis/system development, personnel administration and latterly he was a specialist accounts payable supervisor. His work took him to many locations across southern Britain, culminating in a move to Esso’s Leatherhead Office where he served until opting for early retirement in 2002 to take up public voluntary service.

As the first Finance Director of the Leatherhead BFREE Youth Café, David helped raise over £150,000 starting capital. Having learnt early in life that big decisions depend on effective ground-level action, David places as much attention to achieving service delivery as to devising policy; so he serves on the Customer Services Development panel, the Performance & Audit Committee, and as a reserve on the Policy Committee. As Vice Chair of Licensing, David contributes to our wellbeing under the new liquor legislation. Using his financial insight on the Budget Panel, he helped find over £500,000 Council Tax economies for 2007 and will repeat this service for 2008.

Throughout, David has been a constant member of the Methodist Church and of the Conservative Party, and has held a number of voluntary senior offices in each. He is also a member of the National Trust, Probus, Bookham Community Association and the Bookhams Residents’ Association.

David has been married to Freda since 1969, and they have a grown up daughter and son.

You can contact David on cllr.walker@molevalley.gov.uk or 01372 454976.

Janette was elected as Conservative Councillor for Bookham North in May 2006. She is married to Rob and the mother of Ben (8) and Sami (5) and moved to Bookham from South Kensington just over seven years ago.

She trained as a Chartered Surveyor and her professional work included specialisation in the acquisition and development of offices in the City of London.  She advised many major banks and developers over a period of 10 years, during which time she was an Associate and Partner in a leading international real estate company.

Janette has always been a supporter of the Conservative Party and has continued to work part-time holding marketing and consultancy roles since moving to Bookham.

Prior to relocating to London she lived and worked in Warwickshire where she spent six years working with estate owners and farmers near Stratford upon Avon.

Janette works with Ben Tatham, the Portfolio Holder for Finance and Assets.

Membership of Council Committees and Outside Organisations:-

            Development Control             

You can contact Janette on cllr.purkiss@molevalley.gov.uk or 01372 450711.

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