About the Bedford Group of Drainage Boards

Board Members

The Boards meet three times a year, around February, June and November.  Every third year is an election year when a meeting of the new Board is held at the November meeting.

In each case the non-agricultural areas contribute more than 50% of the Board’s expenditure and therefore are entitled to 50% plus 1 of the total membership.

Bedfordshire and River Ivel Internal Drainage Board-

The Bedfordshire and River Ivel Internal Drainage Board is constituted to have 25 members. Currently the Board’s membership comprises:

Agricultural elected members (entitled to 12)
5
Co-opted Members
1
Nominated Members:
Bedford Borough Council (entitled to 7)
7
Central Bedfordshire Council (entitled to 5)
5
North Hertfordshire District Council (entitled to 1) 1

Buckingham and River Ouzel Internal Drainage Board

The Buckingham and River Ouzel Internal Drainage Board is constituted to have 25 members. Currently the Board’s membership comprises:

Agricultural elected members (entitled to 12)
7
Co-opted Members
1
Nominated Members:
Buckinghamshire Council (entitled to 1)
1
Central Bedfordshire Council (entitled to 6)
4
Milton Keynes City Council (entitled to 6) 5

Alconbury & Ellington Internal Drainage Board

The Alconbury and Ellington Internal Drainage Board is constituted to have 25 members.

Agricultural elected members (entitled to 12)
7
Co-opted Members
1
Nominated Members:
Huntingdonshire District Council (entitled to 13)
2

The number of elected members of the Drainage Board is twelve, being 4 members for each of the Electoral Districts numbered 1, 2 and 3.

Current Board Members

Below are details of our current Board members.

The term for appointed members is determined by each district council.

Alconbury & Ellington

A Lensen Elected District 3
B Lumbers Elected Member
E Ruston Elected District 1
G Warrener Elected District 3
H Raby (Chair) Elected District 1
I Gardener Huntingdonshire DC
J Sewell (Vice-Chair) Elected District 3
K Baker Elected District 3
M Baker, MBE Elected District 1
S Cawley Huntingdonshire DC
Vacancy Elected Member
Vacancy Elected Member
Vacancy Elected Member
Vacancy Elected Member
Vacancy Elected Members
Vacancy for 11 Council Representatives Huntingdonshire District Council

Your Board Members, the contact details they have provided, the area they represent and the interests they’ve registered can all be accessed from here.

Bedfordshire & River Ivel

A D Brown Central Beds Council
A French Central Beds Council
A Spice Bedford Borough Council
D McMurdo (Chair) Bedford Borough Council
F Firth Co-Opted Member
G Coombes Bedford Borough Council
H Wightwick Central Beds Council
J M Ream Elected Member
J Polhill Elected Member
J R Davison Elected Member
J Russell (Vice-Chair) Elected Member
J Weir Bedford Borough Council
M Towler Bedford Borough Council
N Andrews Central Beds Council
N Gribble Bedford Borough Council
P Martin-Moran-Bryant Bedford Borough Council
S Jarvis North Herts District Council
T Wootton Elected Member
T Wye Central Beds Council
Vacancy Elected Member
Vacancy Elected Member
Vacancy Elected Member
Vacancy Elected Member
Vacancy Elected Member
Vacancy Elected Member
Vacancy Elected Member

Your Board Members, the contact details they have provided, the area they represent and the interests they’ve registered can all be accessed from here.

Buckingham & River Ouzel

A Andrew Milton Keynes Council
D Bligh Central Beds Council
D Hopkins Milton Keynes Council
D Hunt Co-opted Member
D Osborn Elected Member
H Mordue Buckinghamshire Council
J Farrington Smith (Chair) Elected Member
J Wilson-Marklew Milton Keynes Council
K Pughe Central Beds Council
N Andrews Central Beds Council
N Carnell Central Beds Council
N Hawes Elected Member
P Bowsher Elected Member
P Hirons Co-opted Member
P Spicer Central Beds Council
R Exon Milton Keynes Council
R Haynes Elected Member
S Mahendran Milton Keynes Council
V Harvey Central Beds Council
V McPake (Vice-Chair) Milton Keynes Council
Vacancy Elected Member
Vacancy Elected Member
Vacancy Elected Member
Vacancy Central Beds Council
Vacancy Elected Member
Vacancy Elected Member

Your Board Members, the contact details they have provided, the area they represent and the interests they’ve registered can all be accessed from here.

Joint Management Committee

The Joint Management Committee (JMC) is a standing committee which oversees the day-to-day management of the Bedford Group of IDBs including:

  • Financial supervision, reviewing accounts and balances, monitoring budgets, financial transactions and sanction the transfer of funds from the individual Boards’
  • Administrative procedures.
  • Discussion of relevant business which may arise from time to time, such as long- term commitments to partnership projects and to further and protect the interest of the Boards in the Bedford Group.

The Boards have agreed that the JMC is empowered to resolve and agree all matters of administration, personnel, plant, and office accommodation and equipment.