Committee chairs and vice chairs
Published
Thursday 15 May, 2025
Updated
Thursday 15 May, 2025
Chairs, vice chairs and members of Swale Borough Council’s committees have been agreed following the annual council meeting on 14 May.
The housing and health committee and the community and leisure committee have been replaced by the housing and communities committee
The committees' chairs, vice chairs and members are:
Council committees
Audit Committee
- Cllr Andy Booth
- Cllr Derek Carnell
- Cllr Simon Clark - vice chair
- Cllr Charles Gibson - chair
- Cllr Angela Harrison
- Cllr Kieran Mishchuk
- Cllr Tara Noe
- Cllr Terry Thompson
- Cllr Dolley Wooster
Standards Committee
- Cllr Monique Bonney
- Cllr Angela Harrison - chair
- Cllr James Hunt - vice chair
- Cllr Mark Last
- Cllr Rich Lehmann
- Cllr Charlie Miller
- Cllr Pete Neal
- Cllr Tim Nundy
- Cllr Richard Palmer
- Cllr Hannah Perkin
- Cllr Ashley Wise
Service committees
Economy and Property Committee
- Cllr Monique Bonney - chair
- Cllr Hayden Brawn
- Cllr Ann Cavanagh
- Cllr Simon Clark
- Cllr Alex Eyre
- Cllr Mark Last
- Cllr Peter Marchington
- Cllr Kieran Mishchuk
- Cllr Lee-Anne Moore
- Cllr Richard Palmer
- Cllr Carrie Pollard
- Cllr Sarah Stephen
- Cllr Terry Thompson
- Cllr Mark Tucker
- Cllr Ashley Wise - vice chair
Environment and Climate Change Committee
- Cllr Alex Eyre
- Cllr Carole Jackson
- Cllr Elliott Jayes - vice chair
- Cllr Rich Lehmann
- Cllr Peter Marchington
- Cllr Claire Martin
- Cllr Charlie Miller
- Cllr Pete Neal
- Cllr Chris Palmer
- Cllr Alex Shiel
- Cllr Julien Speed
- Cllr Sarah Stephen
- Cllr Paul Stephen
- Cllr Ashley Wise
- Cllr Dolley Wooster - chair
Housing and Communities Committee
- Cllr Lloyd Bowen
- Cllr Hayden Brawn
- Cllr Ann Cavanagh
- Cllr Derek Carnell
- Cllr Kieran Golding
- Cllr Alister Gould
- Cllr Angela Harrison - vice chair
- Cllr Peter MacDonald
- Cllr Peter Marchington
- Cllr Ben J Martin
- Cllr Pete Neal
- Cllr Tom Nundy
- Cllr Hannah Perkin - chair
- Cllr Carrie Pollard
- Cllr Karen Watson
Policy and Resources Committee
- Cllr Mike Baldock
- Cllr Lloyd Bowen
- Cllr Charles Gibson
- Cllr Tim Gibson
- Cllr Angela Harrison
- Cllr James Hunt
- Cllr Elliott Jayes
- Cllr Mark Last
- Cllr Rich Lehmann
- Cllr Ben J Martin
- Cllr Kieran Mishchuk
- Cllr Richard Palmer
- Cllr Julian Speed
- Cllr Ashley Wise
- Cllr Dolley Wooster
Area committees
Eastern Area Committee
- Cllr Lloyd Bowen,
- Cllr Alex Eyre
- Cllr Charles Gibson - vice chair
- Cllr Alister Gould
- Cllr Kieran Golding
- Cllr Carole Jackson
- Cllr Rich Lehmann
- Cllr Ben J Martin - chair
- Cllr Claire Martin
- Cllr Hannah Perkin
- Cllr Julien Speed
- Cllr Terry Thompson
Sheppey Area Committee
- Cllr Andy Booth
- Cllr Hayden Brawn
- Cllr Angela Harrison
- Cllr Elliott Jayes - chair
- Cllr Peter MacDonald
- Cllr Peter Marchington
- Cllr Lee-Anne Moore
- Cllr Pete Neal
- Cllr Tara Noe
- Cllr Tom Nundy
- Cllr Ashley Shiel
- Cllr Mark Tucker
- Cllr Mike Whiting
- Cllr Dolley Wooster - vice chair
Sittingbourne Area Committee
- Cllr Derek Carnell
- Cllr Shelley Cheesman
- Cllr Simon Clark
- Cllr Tim Gibson
- Cllr Mark Last - vice chair
- Cllr Charlie Miller
- Cllr Kieran Mishchuk,
- Cllr Carrie Pollard
- Cllr Karen Watson
- Cllr Tony Winckless
- Cllr Ashley Wise - chair
Western Area Committee
- Cllr Mike Baldock
- Cllr Monique Bonney
- Cllr Ann Cavanagh
- Cllr Lloyd Chapman
- Cllr Roger Clark
- Cllr James Hunt
- Cllr Chris Palmer
- Cllr Richard Palmer
- Cllr Paul Stephen - chair
- Cllr Sarah Stephen - vice chair
Regulatory committees
Licensing Committee
- Cllr Derek Carnell - chair
- Cllr Lloyd Chapman
- Cllr Simon Clark
- Cllr Alex Eyre
- Cllr James Hunt
- Cllr Carole Jackson
- Cllr Mark Last
- Cllr Rich Lehmann
- Cllr Charlie Miller
- Cllr Lee-Anne Moore
- Cllr Tara Noe
- Cllr Chris Palmer
- Cllr Paul Stephen
- Cllr Mark Tucker
- Cllr Tony Winckless - vice chair
Planning Committee
- Cllr Mike Baldock
- Cllr Hayden Brawn
- Cllr Andy Booth - chair
- Cllr Ann Cavanagh
- Cllr Lloyd Chapman
- Cllr Simon Clark - vice chair
- Cllr Kieran Golding
- Cllr James Hunt
- Cllr Elliott Jayes
- Cllr Peter MacDonald
- Cllr Peter Marchington
- Cllr Ben J Martin
- Cllr Claire Martin
- Cllr Julien Speed
- Cllr Paul Stephen
- Cllr Terry Thompson
- Cllr Tony Winckless
Sub-committees
Urgent Decisions Committee
- Cllr Mike Baldock
- Cllr Lloyd Bowen - vice chair
- Cllr Tim Gibson - chair
- Cllr James Hunt
- Cllr Richard Palmer
- Cllr Hannah Perkin
- Cllr Ashley Wise
