John serves as county councillor for Franche and Broadwaters.
He served as chairman of the Hereford and Worcester County Council for four years, until reorganisation of local government, and twice has been chairman of Wyre Forest District Council.
As a governor of Wolverley High and St Mary's First schools, he is deeply concerned about changes pending in an educational service review at Kidderminster.
John chairs the county pension fund monitoring panel for local government, overseeing investments of over £820 million.
In the 1950s he was chairman and spokesman for the organisation that resisted the transfer of hospital services to Staffordshire, and closing Mill Street Hospital.
After difficult negotiations and an "inquiry", agreement was reached to build our £17 million hospital at Bewdley Road.
The shock of the present withdrawal of vital services now leaves much anger with him.
He has at all times voted and spoken with determination to retain full medical care at Kidderminster.
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