My politics: Councillor John Barnes

I first became interested in politics at school and I was lucky enough to be able to combine serving my local community with an academic career.

I found that serving on public bodies helped my teaching and I was able to further my interest in shaping education provision by serving on the education committee of the Kent County Council and East Sussex and also serving on various national bodies concerned with education.

Solving people's problems and teasing out ways to help the community is very rewarding and I am concerned to secure steady improvement in our public services.

My current priorities are to secure a new school and community buildings for Etchinghham and to resolve the traffic problems and speeding in all the villages I serve. I am working to improve safety at accident black spots on the A21 and to secure traffic lights at the A265/21 junction.

A website I recommend

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Barneshistorian.com

My website contains my historical lectures, articles and books as well as an extensive biography.