Your councillors - Smith, Mark - Ampthill

Name

Councillor Mark Smith

Mark Smith
Position
  • Deputy Leader
  • Executive Member for Adult Social Care and Health
Political party / group

The Independent Alliance

Ward

Ampthill

Other councillors representing this ward

Councillor Susan Clinch and Councillor Gary Summerfield

Committees: click links for info on each committee

Councillor Smith sits on the following committees:

Register of interests

Councillor Smith - register of interests

Councillor Smith has been granted a dispensation by the Monitoring Officer to participate and vote on a matter in which he has a disclosable pecuniary interest due to his employment by the Community Voluntary Service.

View dispensation notice (PDF)

Community grants

Each Central Bedfordshire Councillor has access to £2,000 from which they can allocate grants to local projects that demonstrate a community benefit. Councillors can also work together across their ward to combine their grants, if that’s what is most needed. Find out more about the Ward Councillor grant scheme.

Councillor Smith's grant allocation 2024/2025

Organisation: Bloomin' Well CIC
Purpose of grant: Contribution towards a compost toilet, shed and tools 
Amount: £300

Organisation: Greensand Trust 
Purpose of grant: Contribution towards educational resources for Clophill Lakes 
Amount: £503.84

Organisation: Clophill Community Hub 
Purpose of grant: Contribution towards a fridge for food provision
Amount: £333.33

Councillor Smith's grant allocation 2023/2024 

Organisation: Young Healthwatch Central Bedfordshire
Purpose of grant: Contribution towards a large graffiti wall and other items for Health and Wellbeing Conference for Young People
Amount: £165.87

Organisation: Maulden Parish Council 
Purpose of grant: Contribution towards a Christmas tree and decorations 
Amount: £366.66

Organisation: Clophill Parish Council 
Purpose of grant: Contribution towards Christmas lights 
Amount: £110.67

Organisation: Flittabus
Purpose of grant: Contribution towards a new bus
Amount: £200

Organisation: NCT Mid Beds
Purpose of grant: Contribution towards a items for baby bundles 
Amount: £200

Organisation: Keech
Purpose of grant: Contribution towards undewater lighting for the hydrotherapy pool 
Amount: £200

Organisation: Clophill Heritage Trust 
Purpose of grant: Contribution towards undewater lighting for the hydrotherapy pool 
Amount: £181.33

Organisation: Millbrook Parish Council 
Purpose of grant: Contribution towards a multiplay activity ramp 
Amount: £200

Organisation: Parkside Community Hall
Purpose of grant: Contribution towards a projector 
Amount: £186

Organisation: St Mary's, Clophill 
Purpose of grant: Contribution towards stonework repairs 
Amount: £136.67

Councillor Smith's grant allocation 2022/2023 Cost of Living Extension

Organisation: Maulden Parish Council 
Purpose of grant: Contribution towards Christmas Toy project 
Amount: £250

Organisation: Citizen's Advice, Mid Beds
Purpose of grant: Contribution towards laptops for volunteers 
Amount: £750

Councillor Smith's grant allocation 2022/2023

Organisation: Clophill Village Hall
Purpose of grant: Contribution towards new Clophill village hub
Amount: £500

Organisation: St Mary's Church, Clophill
Purpose of grant: Contribution towards repairs
Amount: £500

Organisation: Citizen's Advice, Mid Beds
Purpose of grant: Contribution towards laptops for volunteers 
Amount: £250

Organisation: Ampthill Bowls Club
Purpose of grant: Contribution towards heating panels
Amount: £500

Councillor Smith's grant allocation 2021/2022

Organisation: 9th Ampthill & Woburn [Badgerhill] Scout Group
Purpose of grant: Contribution towards new floor 
Amount: £1,000

Organisation: Clophill Pre School
Purpose of grant: Contribution towards community allotment project 
Amount: £750

Organisation: St Mary's Church Clophill
Purpose of grant: Contribution towards new guttering for community facility
Amount: £250

Councillor Smith's grant allocation 2020/2021

Organisation: Clophill Heritage Trust
Purpose of grant: Contribution towards plant room extension
Amount: £1,850.30 (£319 used from 2019/2020 allocation)

Councillor Smith's grant allocation 2019/2020

Organisation: Maulden Community 5K
Purpose of grant: Contribution towards Maulden Community 5K Equipment.
Amount: £172.39

Organisation: Flittabus    
Purpose of grant: Contribution towards purchasing a new bus
Amount: £1,000

Organisation: Ampthill Bowls Club
Purpose of grant: Contribution towards purchasing 6 sets of training bowls
Amount: £509

Councillor Smith's COVID-19 allocation

Street

6 Sidney Road

Town or village

Ampthill

Postcode

MK45 2RJ

Telephone number

0300 300 8541

Email address
mark.smith@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk