David Brown - Performance and Capacity Portfolio Holder

Councillor David Brown represents Congleton Town East. He has been involved in local politics for 10 years. He is the Performance and Capacity Portfolio Holder at Cheshire East Council as well as being the Mayor of Congleton. He worked as a director of Retail Systems for ICL and he is on the board of governors at two schools in Congleton. Councillor Brown has two grown up children and his interests include football, golf and gardening.

His portfolio includes: customer services, community development, area and neighbourhood working, communications, marketing and publicity, market research and public opinion surveys, performance management, audit, risk management and insurance, equality and diversity and the Local Strategic Partnership (LSP).

What are your priorities?

A lot of this portfolio centres on how Cheshire East Council will deliver value-for-money services, which are fit for purpose. Services need to be tailored to specific local conditions that vary considerably in different parts of Cheshire East.

What do you see as your greatest challenges?

One of the biggest tasks is how we work with our partner agencies to improve the health and well-being of our residents. The current economic climate is something that is affecting everyone and we need to work hard to create the conditions for businesses to grow.

I want to make sure that we engage with the community to help shape the Local Development Framework. This document will form the basis for development in Cheshire East for the next 15 years. Land allocations will be made for both housing and economic development taking into account both young and old in Cheshire East.

What is your vision for the portfolio?

I want to provide an environment where all individuals have equal opportunities to develop their lifestyle to suit their requirements. This will mean Cheshire East Council working with partner agencies such as the police and primary care trusts along with community and voluntary groups. We will then be able to improve the day-to-day life of people in Cheshire East.

Another aspiration is to involve more residents in the services that this Council provides. We cannot do this on our own. It will depend on us working in partnership with volunteer groups and statutory bodies e.g. police, fire service and primary care trusts. An example of this is the closer collaboration between health and social workers helping the more vulnerable members of society.

How can residents contact you?

I can be contacted by telephone on 07977 568151 or by e-mail at cllr.david.brown@cheshireeast.gov.uk. Alternatively, write to me at Cheshire East Council, Westfields, Middlewich Road, Sandbach, CW11 1HZ.