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Councillors & Code of Conduct

A model code of conduct was adopted by the Loose Parish Council on the 16th Jul 2012.This incorporates a members mandatory obligations under the Localism Act 2011 concerning ‘disclosable pecuniary interests’ which came into force on the 1st Jul 2012. Disclosable 'pecuniary interests’ are defined in the relevant authorities regulations 2012 (S1 2012/1464).

A register of members notifications of disclosable pecuniary interests are listed below, and are also available on the website of the Local Authority-Maidstone Borough Council.

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 Chair 
Cllr Vianne Gibbons 
Joined 23 April 2001
Chair of 
Finance & Administration
Pavilion & Community Hub
and HR Board
Ex Officio Member of all Committees
LPC Trustee for The McAlpine Trust

DPI November 2024 

Cllr Mick Westwood

Vice Chair
Cllr Mick Westwood
Joined 15 January 2024
Chair of
Neighbourhood Plan Working Group 
Member of the following Committees: 
Planning
Finance & Administration
Ex Officio Member of all Committees

DPI May Elections 2024 

Cllr Jim Andrew

Cllr Jim Andrew 
Joined 23 May 2005
Chair of
Planning Committee 
 Member of the following committees:
Environment
Neighbourhood Plan Working Group
LPC Trustee for The McAlpine Trust


DPI May Elections 2024 

Cllr Sarah Leeson

Cllr Sarah Leeson 
Joined 15 January 2024
Chair of
Environment Committee
Member of the following Committees: 
Pavilion & Community Hub 




]DPI May Elections 2024 

Cllr Velma Bennett

Cllr Velma Bennett
Joined 15 July 2019
Member of the following Committees:
Environment 
Pavilion & Community Hub 
HR Board 
and also 
KALC Maidstone Area Representative


DPI May Elections 2024 

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Cllr Matthew Cooper
Joined 16 June 2025
Member of the following Committees: 
Planning
Finance & Administration
and also
on the Neighbourhood Plan Working Group  


DPI June 2025

Cllr Sue Hill

Cllr Sue Hill 
Joined 19 February 2024
Member of the following Committees:
Planning
Environment 





DPI May Elections 2024 

Cllr Tony Oliver

Cllr Tony Oliver
Joined 17 Sept 2007
Member of the following Committees:
Planning
Pavilion & Community Hub 
Finance & Admininstration
HR Board
and also
LPC Trustee for The McAlpine Trust 

DPI May Elections 2024 

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Cllr Elaine Lawford
Joined 21 July 2025
Member of the following Committees:
Environment
Pavilion & Community Hub
HR Board
and also
on the Highways Working Group 

DPI July 2025

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Get in Touch

Clerk: Nicky Bourne

Loose PC PO Box 634 MAIDSTONE Kent ME17 4YR

07855 000156

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