Your parish councillors
Trotton-with-Chithurst parish council covers the civil parish surrounding Trotton and Chithurst villages. There are 7 members who are re-elected every 4 years. Parish Council elections last took place in 2023.
Councillors
Cllr. Dave Dawtrey
Deputy Chairman
Committees: Facilities & infrastructure, Events, Housing & planning. Also responsible for churchyard safety.
Dave has lived in Trotton all his life. He works in an engineering business and and is a volunteer at Hollycombe steam collection, and you can contact him via the clerk (see below).
- Address
- Mill Lane, Trotton
Cllr. Dominic Ferguson
Committees: Community support (chair), Facilities & infrastructure.
I grew up in Chithurst and my mother was an active member of the parish council for many years. After a career in finance, I qualified as an arborist (RFS). I manage 70 acres of woodland and I'm married with two grown-up daughters.
- Address
- Chithurst Lane, Chithurst
- dominic.ferguson@trotton-with-chithurst.org.uk
Cllr. Kathryn MacKellar
Committees: Sustainability & diversity (co-chair), Events.
I was fortunate to find and buy a property in Chithurst in 2006, and I still love it here. I am a master NLP (neuro-linguistic programming) and hypnotherapy practitioner with private clients, and I also work and run workshops with a company specialising in 'personal and spiritual growth'. From time to time I enjoy running a crystal bowl and gong Sound bath. Some may say I am a bit wacky; certainly I like to explore things when not playing about in my garden. My Parents lived in Liss for 25 years, and I am single with no children, but I seem to have collected my share of rescue animals and friends staying over the years and never know what is happening from day to day. I used to live and work in London and did catering for the film industry, and I still part-own my grandparents home in Yorkshire, where I am a patron of the local church. I enjoy a varied life, helping anyone when I can.
Cllr. Max Maharajh
Chairman and responsible finance officer
Committees: Local environment (chair), Finance (chair).
Max Maharajh moved to Trotton in 2020 after a long time searching! He cares about the community and the local environment and enjoys the various walking routes the parish offers.
- Address
- Mill Lane, Trotton
- max.maharajh@trotton-with-chithurst.org.uk
Cllr. Neil Ryder
Parish clerk
Committees: Housing & planning (chair), Facilities & infrastructure (co chair), Finance.
Neil is a council member and member of the finance and events teams. He also acts as the (voluntary, unpaid) clerk to the council, so he is its main contact and looks after its administration and website.
I came to Trotton when I retired and, as an "incomer" to the area, I wanted to make a contribution, so I do the parish clerk's job on a voluntary basis, and I'm the treasurer of the parish magazine (R&T News), a trustee of a local veterans club and, until recently, I chaired Compton, Rogate and Rake primary schools, and START (Stedham, Trotton And Rogate Together) Community Trust and was a volunteer driver of the Midhurst community bus.
Up to my retirement I did 8 years as an RAF Vulcan pilot; 5 years at the Financial Times marketing department; 8 years at a FTSE 100 company, finally as director of corporate marketing, investor relations and strategy; and 21 years as co-founder and director of an international investor relations consultancy. I chaired the UK Investor Relations Society, a director of the International Investor Relations Federation and chairman of a Surrey self-help charity.
- Address
- Steps, Trotton, GU31 5EP
- Telephone
- 020 3021 3383
- clerk@trotton-with-chithurst.org.uk