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Liberal Democrats on Kent County CouncilThe Official Opposition on Kent County Council |
County Councillor Martin Vye for Canterbury City South West
Canterbury City South West Division covers Westgate and Wincheap wards.
"I've been a County Councillor for over 20 years, since 1989, and a Canterbury City Councillor since 1995. Prior to election I taught Economics and Modern Languages at the Kings School, Canterbury where I was a Housemaster for 12 years. My experiences have proved very useful in my positions of Chairman of Governors of Kingsmead Community Primary School and Foundation Governor for St.Thomas' RC VA Primary School.
"One of my main interests is Neighbourhood Regeneration. Another main interest is the preservation of the district's countryside, and I have worked actively to preserve and enhance the Kent downs AONB (Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty).
"As a rural councillor I am concerned with improving services to village residents, especially with regard to controlling the volume and speed of traffic. I take a keen interest in the Youth Service and played a part in obtaining a detached youth work project for Canterbury. Each year I have allocated a substantial part of my councillor's grant to youth facilities."
News and Updates from Martin Vye
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Article: May 20, 2013Question by Martin Vye to David Brazier, Cabinet Member for Transport & Environment
Will the Cabinet Member for Transport and Environment give his assurance that in the course of the impending review of traffic management in the City of Canterbury, the County and District Councillors for Canterbury City, and representatives of local residents and businesses will be engaged right from the start in consideration of possible options, and in the drafting of firm proposals?
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Article: Apr 2, 2013
At the County Council meeting on Thursday 28th March Martin Vye, Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats at KCC, took the Conservative Leader of the Council to task for his rosy view of what his administration has achieved over the last 4 years.
Martin said:
"This administration had big ideas back in 2009. It has aspirations to lead local government in Kent. It has aspirations to be enterprising, to branch out into commercial enterprises of several kinds.
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Article: Mar 25, 2013
Question by Martin Vye to Bryan Sweetland, Cabinet Member for Environment, Highways & Waste
Will the Cabinet Member for Environment, Highways and Waste tell the Council what measures KCC will put in place to ensure that all relevant partners act as a matter of urgency to deal effectively with the disgusting plague of rubbish and litter that increasingly disfigures the sides of our roads in Kent, presenting such a poor image of the County?
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Article: Feb 11, 2013
Question by Mr M J Vye to the Cabinet Member for Children Services
Will the Cabinet Member for Specialist Children's Services inform the Council of the total value of grants made by her department to the voluntary and community sector in the year 2011/12*; and the total value of Specialist Children's services work she is planning to commission from the voluntary and community sector for 2013/14?
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Article: Feb 11, 2013
Not one Kent school appeared in the list of the national top 100 schools ranked for progress made in English and Maths by disadvantaged pupils between end of primary school, and GCSEs.
Kent County Council Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Education, Martin Vye, expressed his alarm at the news. Martin revealed:
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Article: Feb 1, 2013Kent Schools will get an additional £702,000 to help Year 7 pupils who didn't reach the expected level in literacy and maths when they finished primary school catch up with their classmates who did.
Kent is the third largest beneficiary of the extra money, announced by Liberal Democrat Leader and Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg in September at Liberal Democrat Autumn Conference.
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Article: Jan 14, 2013
Question by Martin Vye to Bryan Sweetland, Cabinet Member for Environment, Highways and Waste
Will the Cabinet Member for Environment, Highways and Waste inform the Council of:
a) the total cost to the County Council of all the works connected with the Westgate Towers, Canterbury closure scheme, including the costs of highway realignment, signage, new pedestrian crossings, Public Notices, and the planned traffic lights
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Article: Dec 17, 2012
At the recent County Council meeting the Leader, Paul Carter, said he did not want to see 'rent-a-crowd' invading committees at County Hall. He was defending the decision by the Conservative chairman of the KCC Scrutiny committee not to allow concerned members of the public to speak and be questioned by his Committee.
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Article: Dec 11, 2012
After visiting Deal secondary school sites with Sarah Smith (Parliamentary Spokesman for Dover and Deal Liberal Democrats), Lib Dem Education spokesman on Kent County Council Martin Vye has made a comprehensive submission to KCC's Scrutiny Committee.
Martin's submission reads:
"At the meeting of the ELS Cabinet Committee on the 21st of November, I expressed concern about the fact that we as members of that Committee had not received the papers in time for the meeting. We had to make do with an oral presentation by officers;and it was as a result of that presentation that members voted unanimously to recommend amalgamation.
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Article: Dec 5, 2012
Martin Vye, Liberal Democrat Education spokesperson on Kent County Council, says that the latest Ofsted report placing Kent schools amongst the worst in the country was alarming. Fewer than half of Kent's children attend schools which Ofsted rated as 'good or outstanding' after inspection.
Martin said:
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