Ashdown Forest Branch

Buxted

The Ashdown Forest Branch covers Buxted, Danehill, Chelwood Gate, Five Ash Down, High Hurstwood, Maresfield and Nutley. It has events during the year and supports the Association in elections while giving mutual aid to neighbouring Lewes constituency. 

Our Branch Chairman is Helen Galley.  Karin Mont is Treasurer with Cllr Roy Galley Deputy Chairman, Political; and Petrina Voelcker Deputy Chairman, Membership. 

Branch committee members are Chris Lawson, Julia Lawson (Secretary), Rob Thomas and Tom Milner who is the Association's YC Chairman.  

County Councillor

Roy Galley

District Councillors

Roy Galley - Danhill and Fletching Ward, comprising: Chelwood Gate, Danehill, Fletching & Piltdown, and Isfield

Toby Illingworth - Buxted Ward including Five Ash Down and High Hurstwood

People
Helen Galley

Helen Galley

Wealden Conservatives Deputy Chairman (Membership & Finance)
Chairman of Ashdown Forest Branch
Wealden District Council candidate for Maresfield ward

Helen joined the Conservative party as a Young Conservative in Sheffield in 1974 and has campaigned at every general election since. Helen and her husband, Roy Galley, a former Member of Parliament for Halifax and currently a District and County Councillor, have lived in Wealden for 19 years.

Cllr Roy Galley

Roy Galley

Chairman of East Sussex Fire and Rescue Authority since 2019.
District Councillor for Danehill & Fletching
Conservative county councillor for Maresfield & Buxted Division
Wealden Conservatives - Association Officer
Ashdown Forest Branch - Deputy Chairman, Political

Roy Galley is the East Sussex County Councillor for Maresfield and Buxted, representing the parishes of Buxted ; Danehill ; Fletching ; part of Forest Row ; Isfield ; Maresfield -- and Wealden District Council member for  Danehill, Fletching & Nutley Ward. He works hard for all those he represents.

Toby

Toby Illingworth

Wealden District Councillor for Buxted

Cllr Toby Illingworth is District Councillor for Buxted, including High Hurstwood, and a former Chairman of Wealden Conservatives.

Chris Lawson

Chris Lawson

Ashdown Forest Branch Committee

Chris joined the Conservative Party as a teenager and was Chairman separately at both Brighton and of Hove Young Conservatives as well as Chairman of Sussex area YCs in the 1970's.  

Petrina Voelker

Petrina Voelcker

Ashdown Forest Branch's Deputy Chairman, Membership

I am a retired barrister: having worked in private practice at the Bar, and as a Clerk to the Justices in Inner London as well as in Government Service. My childhood home was in Haywards Heath.

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