Marilyn Ashton

Deputy Leader of Harrow Council
Portfolio Holder for Planning & Regeneration
Deputy Leader of Harrow Council Conservative Group
Stanmore Park Ward Councillor

Cllr Marilyn Ashton was first elected to represent Stanmore Park ward in 1998. After standing down for a brief period in 2010, she was re-elected as a Councillor for Stanmore Park ward, where she lives, in a 2011 by-election.

Marilyn is currently Deputy Leader of Harrow Council and the Conservative Group as well as being Cabinet Member for Planning & Regeneration. In this role she scrutinises planning applications as well as reviewing the previous Labour administration's deeply flawed, and costly, regeneration plans.

She has a particular interest in planning issues, and from 2006 – 2010 she served as the Portfolio Holder for Planning, Development and Enterprise and Chairman of the LDF Panel in the last Conservative administration. She has served as a Magistrate since 2004.

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Council not listening to Stanmore Residents

Residents of Eaton Close, Stanmore, were consulted by Harrow Council on the proposal to implement yellow lines. The Council’s proposals do not include a CPZ (controlled parking zone) with parking permits.

New Deputy Leader of Harrow Council Conservatives

Harrow Council Conservative Group have elected a new Deputy Leader following Barry Macleod-Cullinane vacating the position after 8 years as Deputy Leader. Last night, Harrow Council Conservative Group appointed their new Deputy Leader, Councillor Marilyn Ashton who was nominated unopposed.