The Romney Marshes Internal Drainage Board has 43 Board Members, who all give their time to the Board voluntarily.

Elected Members

There are 21 Members elected by the agricultural ratepayers in accordance with Part I Schedule 1 of the Land Drainage Act 1991. They may be either owners or occupiers of land in the district or nominated by the owner / occupier of the land in the district. The breakdown of elected Members within the District is shown below:-

District	No. of elected Members
Romney	6
Walland	6
Denge	2
Rother	4
Pett	3
Total:	21

Appointed Members

There are 22 Board Members appointed by the charging authorities within the district in accordance with Part II Schedule 1 of the Land Drainage Act 1991. They may be elected councillors, officers or others who have an interest, such as conservation or business in the district. The breakdown of appointed Members is shown below:-

Charging Authority	% of Total Special Levy	No. of Appointed Members
Ashford Borough Council	1.9	1
Rother District Council	21.0	7
Folkestone & Hythe District Council	77.1	14
Total		22

A full list of our Board Members is below:-

Elected Members:

Romney Marsh District

Mr P Boulden

Mr A Clifton-Holt

Mr D J Cole

Mr D Furnival

Mrs H V Langrish

Mr M Baker

Walland Marsh District

Mr C Apps

Mr S Body

Mr C Furnival

Mr A Wellsted

Mr S Wright

1 vacancy

Denge & Southbrooks District

Mr D Thompson

Mr M Wrout

Rother District

Mr A M Clifton

Mr E Lovejoy

Mr T S Piper

Mr C Ramus

Pett District

Mr E Langrish

Mr J Langrish

Mr D Wheeler

Council Appointed Members:

Ashford Borough Council

Cllr Mrs A Hicks

Rother District Council

Cllr Mrs C Creaser

Mr C Hoggart

Mr D Lovejoy  (Chairman)

Cllr A Mier

Mr I D Oliver

Cllr P N Osborne

Cllr Mrs S M Prochak

Folkestone & Hythe District Council

Cllr G Allison

Mr H Bates

Mr C J Body

Cllr P Carey

Cllr P Coe

Mr A Cragg (Vice-Chairman)

Cllr L Finch

Cllr C Goddard

Cllr A R J Hills

Cllr Mrs K Rye

Cllr S Scoffham

Mrs C Solly

Cllr D Wimble

For further information on the structure and work of internal drainage boards, please visit: www.ada.org.uk