Councillors

As a resident of Thame, you are represented by 16 Town Councillors (Thame Town Council), 3 District Councillors (South Oxfordshire District Council), 2 County Councillors (Oxfordshire County Council) and one MP (Member of Parliament).  All are members of the community who have been democratically elected to represent the town and its inhabitants. You can find out more information about each councillor below. Should you wish to contact one of your representatives, you can do so using the quick and easy contact form on this page.

Councillors

  • Adrian Dite (TTC)

    Adrian Dite (TTC)

    Independent - North Ward

    Committees: Community Services; Corporate Governance; Environment & Assets

    Contact Details

    Address: Old Pound Cottage, 46 Wellington Street, Thame, OX9 3BN

    Telephone:

    Email: Adrian.Dite@thametowncouncil.gov.uk

    Appointments to External Organisations:

    Citizens Advice

    Declaration of Interests:

    Member of National Trust
    Thame Museum Trustee
    Thame Shed Committee

  • Andy Gilbert – Town Mayor (TTC)

    Andy Gilbert – Town Mayor (TTC)

    Independent mind – business head – community heart - South Ward

    Committees: Ex-Officio on all Committees.

    Contact Details

    Address: 8 Hazel Avenue, Thame, OX9 2AW

    Telephone: 01844 698792 / 07900 897812

    Email: Andy.Gilbert@thametowncouncil.gov.uk

    Appointments to External Organisations:

    None.

    Declaration of Interests:

    None.

  • Andy Wainwright (TTC)

    Andy Wainwright (TTC)

    South Ward

    Committees: Community Services; Corporate Governance; Environment & Assets

    Contact Details

    Address: c/o Thame Town Council, Town Hall, High Street, Thame, OX9 3DP

    Telephone: c/o Town Council - 01844 212833

    Email: andy.wainwright@thametowncouncil.gov.uk

    Appointments to External Organisations:

    Thame Youth Projects

    Declaration of Interests:

    Member of Lord Williams’s Academy Trust

  • Catherine Jones (TTC)

    Catherine Jones (TTC)

    Independent - South Ward

    Committees: Community Services; Environment & Assets (Chair); Planning; Personnel

    Contact Details

    Address: 3 Griffin Road, Thame, OX9 3LB

    Telephone: 01844 213947

    Email: catherine.jones@thametowncouncil.gov.uk

    Appointments to External Organisations:

    Cuttle Brook Management Committee
    Music in the Park
    Thame Sports Club
    Thame Town Cricket Club

    Declaration of Interests:

    Cuttle Brook Conservation Volunteers (Management Committee Member);
    Friend of Thame Players;
    Social Member Thame Sports Club Limited;
    Vice President of the Romantic Novelists Association;
    Thame Sports Club Limited (Councillor Representative);
    Music in the Park (Councillor Representative)

  • David Bretherton (TTC and SODC)

    David Bretherton (TTC and SODC)

    Liberal Democrats - South Ward

    Committees: Community Services; Corporate Governance; Environment & Assets. See SODC's website for District Council Committee Membership.

    Contact Details

    Address: 33 Towersey Drive, Thame, OX9 3NR

    Telephone: 01844 215178

    Email: david.bretherton@thametowncouncil.gov.uk

    Appointments to External Organisations:

    Chinnor RFC
    Transport Representative

    Declaration of Interests:

    Chair – Oxfordshire Buildings Trust
    Trustee – Thame Community Land Trust
    Member – Henley Constituency Liberal Democrats
    Member – Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway
    Member – National Trust
    Member – Thame Museum Trust
    Council Representative – Chinnor Rugby Club

  • David Dawson – Deputy Town Mayor (TTC)

    David Dawson – Deputy Town Mayor (TTC)

    Independent - South Ward

    Committees: Ex-Officio on all Committees.

    Contact Details

    Address: 7 Park Terrace, Thame, OX9 3HZ

    Telephone: c/o The Town Council - 01844 212833

    Email: david.dawson@thametowncouncil.gov.uk

    Appointments to External Organisations:

    None.

    Declaration of Interests:

  • David Dodds (TTC)

    David Dodds (TTC)

    South Ward

    Committees: Corporate Governance; Planning

    Contact Details

    Address: c/o Thame Town Council, Town Hall, High Street, Thame, OX9 3DP

    Telephone: c/o Town Council - 01844 212833

    Email: david.dodds@thametowncouncil.gov.uk

    Appointments to External Organisations:

    Thame Barns Centre

    Declaration of Interests:

    Member - Thame Welfare Trust
    Member - Thame Museum
    Council Representative: Thame Barns Centre

  • Freddie van Mierlo (Member of Parliament)

    Freddie van Mierlo (Member of Parliament)

    MP for Henley & Thame, Liberal Democrats

    Committees: n/a

    Contact Details

    Address: Parliamentary Office, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA

    Telephone: TBC

    Email: freddie.vanmierlo.mp@parliament.uk

    Appointments to External Organisations:

    n/a

    Declaration of Interests:

    n/a

  • Helena Richards (TTC)

    Helena Richards (TTC)

    Green Party - North Ward

    Committees: Community Services; Corporate Governance; Environment & Assets (Deputy Chair)

    Contact Details

    Address: c/o the Town Council, Town Hall, Thame, Oxon, OX9 3DP

    Telephone: c/o The Town Council - 01844 212833

    Email: helena.richards@thametowncouncil.gov.uk

    Appointments to External Organisations:

    Health & Social Care Representative

    Declaration of Interests:

    Director Cosmetic Courses, Princes Risborough, Bucks

  • Hilary Dollman (TTC)

    Hilary Dollman (TTC)

    Liberal Democrat - TTC South Ward

    Committees: Community Services; Environment & Assets

    Contact Details

    Address: c/o Town Hall

    Telephone: c/o The Town Council - 01844 212833

    Email: hilary.dollman@thametowncouncil.gov.uk

    Appointments to External Organisations:

    Thame Good Neighbour Scheme
    21st Century Thame

    Declaration of Interests:

    Music in the Park (Committee Member / Trustee);
    Berks, Bucks & Oxon Wildlife Trust (Member);
    Liberal Democrats (Member);
    St Mary’s Church, Thame (Member);
    Thame Twinning Association (Member);
    Spectrum Watercolour Group, Long Crendon

  • Judith Edwards (OCC)

    Judith Edwards (OCC)

    Liberal Democrats - Chalgrove & Thame West Ward

    Committees: Oxfordshire Joint Health Overview & Scrutiny Committee (OCC), People Overview & Scrutiny Committee (OCC)

    Contact Details

    Address: c/o County Hall, New Road, Oxford, OX1 1ND

    Telephone:

    Email: judith.edwards@oxfordshire.gov.uk

    Appointments to External Organisations:

    Declaration of Interests:

    Member - National Trust
    Member - RSPB
    Member - Unite the Union
    Vice Chair - Leapark Residents Association

  • Kate Gregory (OCC)

    Kate Gregory (OCC)

    Liberal Democrats - Thame Ward

    Committees: Cabinet Member for Public Health and Inequalities (OCC), Delegated Decisions by Cabinet Member for Public Health and Inequalities (OCC),Oxfordshire Health & Wellbeing Board Shareholder Committee (Cabinet Committee) (OCC)

    Contact Details

    Address: c/o County Hall, New Road, Oxford, OX1 1ND

    Telephone: 07825 388418

    Email: kate.gregory@oxfordshire.gov.uk

    Appointments to External Organisations:

    n/a

    Declaration of Interests:

    None

  • Kate Gregory (SODC)

    Kate Gregory (SODC)

    Liberal Democrats

    Committees: See SODC's website for District Council Committee Membership

    Contact Details

    Address:

    Telephone:

    Email: kate.gregory@southoxon.gov.uk

    Appointments to External Organisations:

    n/a

    Declaration of Interests:

    See SODC's website for District Council Register of Interests.

  • Linda Emery (TTC)

    Linda Emery (TTC)

    South Ward

    Committees: Community Services (Deputy Chair); Environment & Assets; Planning

    Contact Details

    Address: 21 Maple Road, Thame, OX9 2BH

    Telephone: 01844 261064

    Email: linda.emery@thametowncouncil.gov.uk

    Appointments to External Organisations:

    Red Kite Family Centre
    Thame Carnival Committee
    Thame Museum Trust

    Declaration of Interests:

    Rotary (Member);
    Inner Wheel (Member);
    Ramblers’ Association;
    Thame Museum (Trustee);
    Chiltern Vale Residents Association;
    Thame & District Twinning Association (Chair);
    Sinaia Association (Member);
    Thame Carnival Committee;
    21st Century Thame Committee;
    Mayor’s Charity Trust;
    Thame & District Housing Association (Board Member);
    Barley Hill School (Governor);
    Thame & District Visually Impaired Club;
    Thame Youth Projects Committee;
    Red Kite Family Centre (Councillor Representative)

  • Martin Baines (TTC)

    Martin Baines (TTC)

    Liberal Democrats - North Ward

    Committees: Environment & Assets; Planning (Chair); Personnel

    Contact Details

    Address: 42 Aylesbury Road, Thame, OX9 3AW

    Telephone: c/o Town Council - 01844 212833

    Email: martin.baines@thametowncouncil.gov.uk

    Appointments to External Organisations:

    Thame Barns Centre

    Declaration of Interests:

    None.

  • Mike Dyer (TTC)

    Mike Dyer (TTC)

    Independent - North Ward

    Committees: Community Services; Corporate Governance (Chair); Personnel

    Contact Details

    Address: 10 Swan Walk, Thame, OX9 3HN

    Telephone: 07973 440229

    Email: mike.dyer@thametowncouncil.gov.uk

    Appointments to External Organisations:

    National Association of Local Councils
    Thame Business Forum
    Thame Youth Memorial Trust
    Thame Football Partnership

    Declaration of Interests:

    Thame Museum Trust (Trustee);
    Thame Youth Memorial Trust (Trustee);
    Mayor of Thame’s Charity Trust (Trustee);
    Thame Football Partnership (Councillor Representative);
    Thame Youth Memorial Trust (Councillor Representative);
    The Conservative Party (Member);
    The Free Speech Union (Member);
    Thame Museum Trust (Member);
    Thame Football Partnership (Member);
    Thame Historical Society (Member);
    Thame Business Forum (Chair) (Member);
    Thame Player’s Theatre Company (Member)

  • Paul Cowell (TTC)

    Paul Cowell (TTC)

    Independent - North Ward

    Committees: Community Services (Chair); Corporate Governance (Deputy Chair); Environment & Assets; Personnel

    Contact Details

    Address: 8 Harrison Place, Thame, OX9 3TB

    Telephone: c/o The Town Council - 01844 212833

    Email: paul.cowell@thametowncouncil.gov.uk

    Appointments to External Organisations:

    Thame Museum Trust
    Thame Shed

    Declaration of Interests:

    Trustee - Thame Youth Projects Group
    Trustee - Thame Museum
    Committee Member - Thame Allotments

  • Paul Swan (TTC)

    Paul Swan (TTC)

    Independent - North Ward

    Committees: Corporate Governance; Environment & Assets

    Contact Details

    Address: c/o Town Hall, High Street, Thame, OX9 3DP

    Telephone: c/o The Town Council - 01844 212833

    Email: paul.swan@thametowncouncil.gov.uk

    Appointments to External Organisations:

    Health & Social Care Representative

    Declaration of Interests:

    Member of Trade Union: Unison (MIP Health);
    National Trust Member

  • Pieter-Paul Barker (SODC)

    Pieter-Paul Barker (SODC)

    Liberal Democrat

    Committees: See SODC's website for District Council Committee Membership.

    Contact Details

    Address: 10 Charles Drive, Thame, Oxon, OX9 3XU

    Telephone: 01844 212438

    Email: pieter-paul.barker@southoxon.gov.uk

    Appointments to External Organisations:

    Declaration of Interests:

  • Sue McGarry (TTC)

    Sue McGarry (TTC)

    Independent - North Ward

    Committees: Community Services; Corporate Governance; Planning (Deputy Chair)

    Contact Details

    Address: c/o Thame Town Council, Town Hall, High Street, Thame, OX9 3DP

    Telephone: c/o Town Council - 01844 212833

    Email: sue.mcgarry@thametowncouncil.gov.uk

    Appointments to External Organisations:

    Thame Senior Friendship Centre
    Thame Welfare Trust

    Declaration of Interests:

    Member of Parish Pastoral Council - St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School

  • William Wilde (TTC)

    William Wilde (TTC)

    Independent - North Ward

    Committees: Corporate Governance; Planning

    Contact Details

    Address: c/o Thame Town Council, Town Hall, High Street, Thame, OX9 3DP

    Telephone: c/o The Town Council - 01844 212833

    Email: william.wilde@thametowncouncil.gov.uk

    Appointments to External Organisations:

    Declaration of Interests:

    Member of the Conservative and Unionist Party