Tim Carroll - Yeovil West (Somerset Liberal Democrat Group)

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Tim Carroll - Yeovil West

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Members of the Liberal Democrat Group

Orchard Cottage,
Barrow Lane,
Charlton Musgrove, BA9 8HN

tcarroll@somerset.gov.uk

01963 33 000 (landline)

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Tim Carroll is the county councillor for Yeovil West. Tim is a member of both the Audit Committee and the Shadow Team for HR, Resources and Strategy & Communications (combined).

Tim's Biography: Tim is the current Leader of the Council for South Somerset District Council. First elected as a District Councillor in 1995, he has held a number of key roles within the authority and a first term as Leader of SSDC (2000 - 2004) as well as being the Portfolio Holder for Economy, Planning and Transport.

Tim also served on Somerset County Council from 1993 to 2005. He went on to become Chairman of the Personnel Committee (1993-97), Chairman of the Environment Committee and successor committees (1997- 2001) and Portfolio Holder for Transport, Waste, Planning and the Environment (2001 - 2005).

He continues to serves on numerous joint and regional committees including membership of the South West Regional Assembly since its inception and is currently vice-Chairman of the SWRA successor organisation, the SW Strategic Leaders Forum. He was formerly a director of Somerset Business Link and a member of the Environment Agency Flood Defence Committee. Within Somerset, he is a member of the District LSP, the County LSP (Somerset Strategic Partnership) as well as being the Somerset Districts' representative on the SSP Executive.

Within the Third Sector, Tim is active as the current Chairman and Director of a Healthy Living Centre and a Community Transport organisation as well as serving on other local Charities and Trusts.

In his life before Local Government, Tim was involved in project management in the Cable and Communications sector through out the UK.

His Beacon involvement has extended to a visit to Bosnia in September with two other English Local Authorities to help kickstart a similar initiative amongst Bosnian municipalities. His IDeA experience includes the Rural Excellence program, mentoring and service and corporate reviews as well as undertaking all elements of the Audit Commission DCPA Inspection process.