Barry Burkhill
Barry Edward Burkhill (born 1939) is a councillor for Handforth Parish Council, a representative of the Handforth Ratepayers' Association (Independent) on Cheshire East Council since 2011, and Mayor of Cheshire East since 2019. He has represented the town of Handforth for 39 years.[1]
Political career[edit]
Macclesfield Borough Council[edit]
Burkhill represented Handforth, a small town in north-west England, on Macclesfield Borough Council from 1979 until the authority was abolished in 2009, and represented the old borough as mayor in 2007.[1]
Cheshire East Council[edit]
He was first elected onto Cheshire East Council in 2011 as one of the two councillors representing the Handforth ward.[1] He was re-elected in both 2015[2] and in 2019.[3] The roles of mayor and deputy (Deputy Mayor: Steven Edgar, Conservative member for Haslington) are apolitical, carrying out civic duties on behalf of the council and residents of the borough. The mayor chairs meetings of the council and can use their casting vote, if required to do so.[1]
In 2019, he became the Mayor of Cheshire East, a ceremonial role. This role was being considered for review that year as a cost-cutting measure.[4]
Handforth Parish Council[edit]
Burkhill was elected to Handforth Parish Council to represent the South ward in 2019.[5] In 2021, a December 2020 Zoom videoconference which he attended went viral worldwide, in which he was perceived as being rude and disrespectful to Jackie Weaver, Chief Officer of the Cheshire Association of Local Councils (ChALC), saying: "you don't know what you're talking about". Burkhill was subsequently ejected from the meeting by Weaver[6] and is currently facing a vote of no confidence from Conservative councillor Liz Wardlaw:
| “ | The mayor's participation in that meeting has led us to believe he has brought this council and his role within this council into disrepute. He made no attempt to intervene as it became clear participants in that meeting were being bullied. The inaction of the mayor could be seen as a demonstration of his complicity in the bullying that occurred and this cannot be ignored. In light of the above [we propose] this council resolves it has no confidence in the mayor and his term of office as mayor and chairman of the council will cease immediately.[7] | ” |
Personal life[edit]
Burkhill was born in Cheshire in 1939 and married Susan Bidwell in 2004.[8][1]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Councillor who has served village for 38 years is sworn in as borough mayor". Winsford Guardian. 28 May 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
- ↑ "Handforth Ward". www.cheshireeast.gov.uk. Retrieved 2021-02-11.
- ↑ "Handforth Ward". www.cheshireeast.gov.uk. Retrieved 2021-02-11.
- ↑ Topping, Stephen (21 October 2019). "Future of Cheshire East's mayor still in doubt". CheshireLive. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
- ↑ "Handforth Parish Council - South Election Results 2019". www.cheshireeast.gov.uk. Retrieved 2021-02-11.
- ↑ "The history of the Handforth parish council feud". The Independent. 5 February 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
- ↑ "Handforth Parish Council: No confidence vote after Zoom meeting". BBC News. 10 February 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
- ↑ General Register Office; United Kingdom; Reference: Volume 8a, Page 544
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