Christopher Newbury (born 10 November 1956, Trowbridge, England)[1] is an English politician, a member of the Congress of the Council of Europe since 1998 (and of the European People's Party group there since 2004) and an Independent member of Wiltshire Council since 2009.[1]
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Early life
Newbury was educated at Gresham's School and Keble College, Oxford.[1] In 1976, he represented the Oxford Union Society in the Observer Mace student debating competition in partnership with Benazir Bhutto. In a Ravenscroft production of Macbeth, he played the part of Macbeth opposite Guy Hands as Lady Macbeth.
Council of Europe
Newbury was appointed to the UK Delegation to the Congress of the Council of Europe in 1998. At the European level, he has specialized since 1999 in monitoring local democracy and observing elections.[2] He has prepared reports for the Council of Europe on the situation of local democracy in Bosnia and Herzegovina (2001[3] and 2006[4]), Armenia (2003),[5] Luxembourg (2004)[6][7] and Liechtenstein (2005).[8][9]
In presenting the report on Liechtenstein to the Congress, Newbury stated that "The situation of municipalities in Liechtenstein was remarkable and indeed enviable. Both the letter and the spirit of the Charter were observed". He thanked the Prince of Liechtenstein for a courteous welcome at Vaduz Castle.[10]
He has also headed delegations of the Council of Europe to observe elections in its member and observer states, including Kosovo (November 2001),[11] the Ukraine (March 2002),[12] Armenia (October 2002),[13] Gagauzia, Moldova (November 2003),[14] and Palestine (December, 2005).[15] He was joint rapporteur for the observation of the Presidential election in Serbia and Montenegro of June 2004, heading the observation of the second round on 27 June 2004,[16] and was rapporteur for elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina in September-October 2004.[17] He also took part in election observations in Kosovo in 2000,[18] Montenegro in 2002,[19] Moldova in May and June 2003,[20] Albania in October 2003,[21] Azerbaijan in 2004[22], Armenia[23] and Macedonia in 2005,[24] and Adjara in 2008.[25]
In 2000 and 2008 he represented the Council of Europe's Congress at meetings of the Venice Commission.[26][27]
In 2003, he was the rapporteur of the Congress of the Council of Europe on Public Ethics at the Local Level and on a related Handbook of Good Practice prepared by the CDLR.[28]
He serves as the rapporteur of the Congress on the revision of the European Charter of Local Self-Government,[2] which has included a recommendation on opening the Charter to accession by the European Community.[29][30]
In December 2009, he was appointed as one of two rapporteurs for a new Congress monitoring report on local and regional democracy in Russia.[31]
Wiltshire
Newbury was a member of the former West Wiltshire District Council from 1995 to 2009 and the former Wiltshire County Council from 1997 to 2009. His work in Wiltshire includes chairing the Wiltshire Victoria County History Committee (since 2002)[32] and the Planning Committee of West Wiltshire District Council between 2003 and 2007. He is also a governor of Urchfont Manor College and the Wiltshire Historic Buildings Trust and a member of the Wiltshire and Swindon Fire Authority. He was a member of the Local Government Association's Rural Commission from 2003 to 2007 and in 2009 became Deputy Chair of its Fire Services Management Committee.[1]
As chairman of the Wiltshire history project, Newbury said in December 2003 "While the big red volumes are still at the heart of the Wiltshire Victoria County History, we are keen to take our county history out to as many people as possible, through affordable publications, modern technology, and new ways of working."[33]
Since the 2009 election to Wiltshire Council, his new Warminster Copheap and Wylye division includes the parishes of Boyton, Bishopstrow, Chitterne, Codford, Heytesbury with Imber and Knook, Norton Bavant, Stockton, Sherrington, and Upton Lovell, with the northern part of the town of Warminster.[34]
See also
- West Wiltshire Council election, 1999
- West Wiltshire Council election, 2003
- West Wiltshire Council election, 2007
- Wiltshire Council election, 1997
- Wiltshire Council election, 2001
- Wiltshire Council election, 2005
- Wiltshire Council election, 2009
References
- ^ a b c d Christopher Newbury CV
- ^ a b 50 Years of Local Democracy in Europe (Council of Europe, 2007) (ISBN 9287163855) Page 67, books.google.com
- ^ CoE Recommendation 103 (2001) on local democracy in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- ^ Recommendation 202 (2006) on local and regional democracy in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- ^ CoE Recommendation 140 (2003) on local democracy in Armenia
- ^ CoE Recommendation 172 (2005) on local democracy in Luxembourg
- ^ "Christopher NEWBURY (United Kingdom, EPP/CD), Rapporteur, said that Luxembourg was an adult democracy that generally respected the provisions of the Charter..." (from Official report of debates: 12th session (31 May-2 June 2005) (Strasbourg, Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe, Council of Europe, 2006) p. 91
- ^ CoE Recommendation 196 (2006) on local democracy in Liechtenstein
- ^ Chamber of Local Authorities 14th PLENARY SESSION
- ^ Official Report of Debates 13th Session (30 May - 1 June 2006) p. 85 at books.google.com
- ^ CoE Report on Kosovo elections 2001
- ^ CoE Report on Ukrainian elections 2002
- ^ CoE Report on Armenian elections 2002
- ^ CoE Report on Moldova elections 2003
- ^ CoE Report on Palestinian elections 2005
- ^ Report on the observation of the Presidential election in the Republic of Serbia and Montenegro (13 and 27 June 2004)
- ^ REPORT ON THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA (2 OCTOBER 2004)
- ^ Municipal elections in Kosovo - 28 October 2000 (dated 15 December 2000)
- ^ Report on the local elections in Montenegro (15 May 2002)
- ^ Report on the local elections observation mission to MOLDOVA (25 May and 8 June 2003)
- ^ Report on the observation of the local elections in Albania held on 12 October 2003
- ^ Press release- 640 (2004) Council of Europe Congress to observe local elections in Azerbaijan (dated 16.12.2004)
- ^ Congress delegation declares local elections in Armenia generally satisfactory and calm (dated 17.10.2005)
- ^ Observation mission of the Congress in «the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia» (dated 10.03.2005)
- ^ The elections to the Supreme Council of Adjara show sporadic progress (dated Tbilisi, 04.11.2008)
- ^ PLENARY MEETING Venice, 15-16 December 2000 MEETING REPORT
- ^ rapport de réunion, Venise, le 12 juin 2008 à 14 h
- ^ DRAFT AGENDA OF THE CHAMBER OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES, May 2003
- ^ Recommendation 218 (2007) Opening of the European Charter of Local Self-Government to the accession of the European Community and of non-member states of the Council of Europe
- ^ European Committee on Local and Regional Democracy (CDLR) Meeting Report 10 June 2008 - agenda item 4.4
- ^ Monitoring of local and regional democracy in Russia (Strasbourg, 15.12.2009)]
- ^ Wiltshire Victoria County History Committee as at 28 February 2002 from A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 17 (2002), pp. 14-15
- ^ PR 1357 Double boost for prestigious history of Wiltshire, 4th December 2003
- ^ Wiltshire Boundary Review at Electoral Commission website
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