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COUNCILLOR JIM FLETCHER (UUP)
District Electoral Area: Ards West
First Elected: 2005
Contact Details:
26 Coach Road
Comber
BT23 5QX
Tel: 028 9187 2163
councillor.jim.fletcher@ards-council.gov.uk
Councillor Jim Fletcher is a member of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) and served as Mayor from June 2008 to June 2009. He was also Deputy Mayor from 2007 to 2008.
Councillor Fletcher keeps award-winning poultry and a flock of Hampshire Down pedigree sheep some of which have been exported throughout the British Isles and Europe and a number purchased by Her Majesty The Queen. He is currently the Honorary President of the Hampshire Down Sheep Breeders in Ireland and a member of the Hampshire Down Sheep Breeders Association National Council.
A beekeeper as well, Jim is a qualified lecturer in beekeeping and regularly contributes articles on beekeeping topics to national and international beekeeping magazines. He is a Past President and Secretary of the Ulster Beekeepers Association and Past Chairman of the Council of National Beekeeping Associations (UK).
He is also a Past Secretary and current member of the Ulster Poultry Federation, a member of the Royal Ulster Agricultural Society (RUAS) and the Royal Highland Agricultural Show Society (RHASS).
Jim taught chemistry for 30 years. He initially worked for a short time at Grosvenor High School in Belfast, the Civil Service and then as a lecturer at the North Down and Ards Institute (now the South Eastern Regional College) and has also served as an officer in the Boy's Brigade for 15 years.
He was educated at Regent House School, Newtownards and obtained his Bachelor of Science degree from Queen's University, Belfast.
Jim is especially interested in environmental issues and has an interest in many sporting activities, particularly rugby.
He lives in Comber, Co Down, with his wife, Ann. They have five grown-up children, four boys and one girl.
Councillor Fletcher is a member of the following committees and sub-committees:
Comber Town Steering Group
Community Safety Partnership
Co-ordinating Sub-Committee
Council Services Committee
Development Committee
Education Sub-Committee
Events Sub-Committee
Exploris Sub-Committee
External & Planning Committee
Health & Social Services Committee
Policy & Resources Committee
Service Delivery Improvement Group
Titanic Working Group
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