Councillor Arnold Woolley has been re- appointed Leader of Flintshire County Council with Councillor Tony Sharps as Deputy Leader.
Councillor Woolley, who represents the Buckley Bistre East electoral division has been a member of the Council since 2004 and Leader since May 2008.
A former UK and colonial police officer, who ran his own security firm until he retired, Councillor Woolley is also a member of Buckley Town Council.
He is a corporate member of the Chartered Management Institute. He was also a member of the Committee of the Institute of Industrial Management from 1986 until its amalgamation with the British Management Institute in 2001, and was Chair of its Cheshire and Clwyd Branch for three years.
Councillor Woolley is also a member of Zero Waste Alliance UK and a member of GIA – Global Alternative to Incineration Alliance.
He is a voluntary director of CAB Flintshire, a committee member of Welsh Border Community Transport and a school governor at Southdown School, Buckley.
In addition to his role as Leader, he continues to hold the Executive portfolio for Finance and Asset Management.
Councillor Sharps, who represents the Northop Hall electoral division, has been a member of the Council since 1999 and Chaired the Council’s Licensing Committee. In addition to his role as Deputy Leader which he has held since May 2008 he is also the Executive portfolio holder for Environment.
A member of the former Clwyd County Council and Delyn Borough Council of which he was Leader, he is also immediate past Chairman of Northop Community Council.
Members of the Council’s Executive will be announced by the Leader in the next seven days. Until then, the current members will remain as follows:-
Leader and Finance and Asset Management
Portfolio Councillor Arnold Woolley
Deputy Leader and Environment Portfolio Councillor Tony Sharps
Social Services Councillor Carol Ellis
Education and Youth Councillor Nigel Steele-Mortimer
Waste Strategy and Management Councillor Nancy Matthews
Corporate Governance and Strategy Councillor Neville Phillips
Housing Strategy and Planning Held open
Estate Management (Housing, Industrial/
Commercial and Agricultural) Councillor Helen Yale
Leisure and Public Protection Councillor Dennis Hutchinson
