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Member of Parliament Kent County Council

Dover District Council Deal Town Council

Walmer Town Council Ripple Parish Council

Ringwould with Kingsdown Parish Council

Great Mongeham Parish Council Sholden Parish Council

Member of Parliament (Dover and Deal)

Mike Tapp MP (Labour), House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA
website: https://miketapp.co.uk (NB: this website provides a contact form)

e-mail: click here; social media: X(twitter); facebook; instagram.

Constituency Office/Surgeries: to be advised; to be advised.
UK Parliament's official record of Mike Tapp's electoral and parliamentary activity, and web, social and other contact information.

Kent County Council

County Hall, Maidstone, Kent ME14 1XQ.

Main switchboard: 01622 671411; Freephone helpline: 0800 225510

website: www.kent.gov.uk

County Councillors for Deal and Walmer Division:

Trevor Bond (Conservative), 102 London Road, Deal CT14 9TY

home: 01304 365816; e-mail: click here

Derek Murphy (Conservative), Deal House, Hawksdown, Walmer CT14 7PJ

07970 461181; e-mail: click here

Dover District Council

Main departments: White Cliffs Business Park, Dover, Kent, CT16 3PJ.
01304 821199; minicom: 01304 820115;
more addresses and contact details: click here
web site: www.dover.gov.uk
Deal Area Desk: The Citizens Advice Bureau office, 26 Victoria Road, Deal.
Opening times: Mondays - Wednesdays, 9.30am-3pm.
This office does not accept payments for any council services and these should be made at a local Post Office, online or by Direct Debit. For more information see the "making payments" page on Dover Council's website at www.dover.gov.uk.
The District Council comprises 32 elected members who represent 17 local wards.

The local wards for the Deal and Walmer area are:

Middle Deal - 2 Councillors
Mill Hill - 2 Councillors
North Deal - 2 Councillors
Walmer - 2 Councillors
Guston, Kingsdown and St Margaret's-at-Cliffe - 2 Councillors

For Councillors' contact details, see www.dover.gov.uk/Council--Democracy/Your-Councillors.aspx

Deal Town Council

Town Hall, High Street, Deal CT14 6BB.
01304 361999; e-mail: click here.
website: www.deal.gov.uk/.
Town Clerk: Mrs Lorna Crow.
Deputy Town Clerk: Mr Paul Bone.

Walmer Town Council

Council Office, 62 The Strand, Walmer, Kent CT14 7DP
Office Hours: Monday to Friday 9am to 1pm.
01304 362363; e-mail: click here; website: www.walmercouncil.co.uk; facebook page.
Clerk: Mr Roland Aldred.
Walmer Town Council is the democratically elected minor local authority for Walmer. Its 15 elected Members usually hold a full meeting of the Council on the first Wednesday of most months at 7pm at no 8 The Strand, Walmer. (*check the Town Council website for variations.)
The Council has separate Committees to deal with such matters as planning, finance and administration of its land holdings. All meetings of the Council and Committees are open to the public with Agenda and Minutes publicly available.

Great Mongeham Parish Council

Clerk: Mrs Joanna Jones
8 Thornton Lane, Eastry, Sandwich, Kent CT13 0EU.
01304 746036; e-mail: click here; website: Great Mongeham Parish Council

Ringwould with Kingsdown Parish Council

Clerk: Ahti Nigol (Clerk)
e-mail: clerk@ringwouldwithkingsdown-pc.gov.uk
website: Ringwould with Kingsdown Parish Council.

Ripple Parish Council

Clerk: Karen Griffiths.
10 Portland Terrace, Church Lane, Ripple, Kent CT14 8JJ
01304 372865; e-mail: click here
website: Ripple Parish Council

Sholden Parish Council

Sholden Parish Council, c/o Town Hall, Deal CT14 6TR.
07464 550069; e-mail: click here; website: Sholden Parish Council
Clerk: Kevin Lynch.