Isobel McCall

Councillor Isobel McCall (known as Isobel Wilson before her August 2005 marriage [ [http://www.miltonkeynestoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=415&ArticleID=1102316 Special service for special day - Milton Keynes Today ] ] to fellow councillor Douglas McCall) is a British Liberal Democrat politician and the Leader of Milton Keynes Council.

Early life

Education

She went to Hatfield Girls' Grammar School (became the comprehensive Bishops Hatfield Girls School) on "Woods Avenue" in Hatfield. At De Montfort University, she gained a BA in Business Studies in 1999.

Career

She worked as a bank clerk at Nat West from 1977-86. From 1994-8, she was Housing Allocations Assistant for Midsummer Housing Association.

Milton Keynes Council

As Isobel Wilson, she won her Campbell Park seat in 1996 with fellow councilor Cec Tallack and John Fairweather. This is one of the poorer areas of Milton Keynes and includes Central Milton Keynes. She became Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrat group.

Liberal Democrat group leader, Council Leader

When the Liberal Democrats won outright control of Milton Keynes Council in May 2002, the Party made a surprise announcement that she would take over as Leader (rather than Cllr Irene Henderson who led the Party into the election but stood down as group leader just days after the Liberal Democrat victory).

Parliamentary candidacy

In 2001 McCall stood in the Parliamentary constituency of Buckingham against the Conservative frontbencher John Bercow. She finished third behind Bercow and the Labour Party candidate, even though Buckingham is a seat where the Liberal Democrats came second at the previous general election.

Membership of other bodies

In 2006 McCall became an IDeA (Improvement and Development Agency) Liberal Democrat peer reviewer.

McCall sits on many bodies including:
*Milton Keynes Local Strategic Partnership (chair)
*Milton Keynes Parks Trust (trustee)
*Milton Keynes Racial Equality Council
*Central Milton Keynes Board
*English Partnerships/MKC Local Liaison Committee
*Local Government Association General Assembly
*Milton Keynes Forum Against Domestic Violence
*Milton Keynes Partnership Committee (LDV) (see also Expansion plans for Milton Keynes)
*Thames Valley Waste Management Forum

External links

* [http://cllrisobelmccall.mycouncillor.org.uk Her blog]
* [http://cmis.milton-keynes.gov.uk/CMISWebPublic/ElectedMemberDetails.aspx?PersonID=326 Official Milton Keynes council webpage]
* [http://www.miltonkeynes.libdems.org.uk Official Milton Keynes Liberal Democrats]

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