Councillor Martin Butcher

Mayor of Ware & Deputy Leader of the Council

I moved to Ware with my parents as a baby and grew up here. After some time away, I moved back with my family 17 years ago, as my wife Sandy and I thought Ware was an excellent place to raise our two boys. I have always been passionate about working in the community and on green issues. I have volunteered with local groups including the Wombles of Wareabouts and Southern Maltings. I co-founded and Chair the Ware-based Herts Foetal Alcohol Syndrome Support Network, for people and families living with FASD. I was co-founder and Chair of the Burning Issue Group which successfully fought Biffa’s proposal to build a giant waste incinerator at the landfill on the other side of the A10 from the Vicarage estate. I have worked in charities for my entire career which took me for a time to Brussels and to Washington DC. I currently work for Oxfam on mitigating the effects of conflict on civilians. On the Council I most enjoy helping people in the local community to resolve problems or to achieve goals.

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Committees:

• Full Council
• HR Sub Committee
• Ware Festival