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The Chairman
 | Councillor Allison Ashley is Chairman of North Hertfordshire District Council (NHDC) for the Civic Year 2008-2009. She represents Hitchin’s Priory Ward, and was first elected to the Council in 2002. Councillor Ashley has been involved with the voluntary sector in London and Hertfordshire since her teens. She worked for the NHS and WRVS and ran a centre for complementary medicine for some years while bringing up her family, before taking the decision to enter local politics. After her election Councillor Ashley progressed to the Portfolio for Housing and Environmental Health for NHDC and sat on some of the major committees. |
She was finally appointed Vice Chairman and then Chairman of North Hertfordshire District Counci for the Civic Year 2008-2009.
Councillor Ashley is completing a notable family “double” since her husband Derrick, now a Hertfordshire County Councillor, was himself Chairman of NHDC in 1999-2000.
Councillor Ashley is keen to help promote organisations within the District that provide a worthwhile service to the community. If you belong to an organisation which is community-based and is planning an event to celebrate a special occasion or to raise funds, please contact her office to check her availability to attend. Telephone 01462 474648, or email her secretary, susanne.gow@north-herts.gov.uk.
During the current Civic Year, Councillor Ashley will be supporting her chosen charities, the North Herts Sanctuary and Herts Young Homeless Group.
