Isobel McCall
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Councillor Isobel McCall (known as Isobel Wilson before her August 2005 marriage[1] to fellow councillor Douglas McCall) is a British Liberal Democrat politician and the Leader of Milton Keynes Council.
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[edit] Milton Keynes Council
As Isobel Wilson, she won her Campbell Park seat in 1996 with fellow councilor Cec Tallack and John Fairweather. This is one of the poorer areas of Milton Keynes and includes Central Milton Keynes. She became Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrat group.
[edit] Liberal Democrat group leader, Council Leader
When the Liberal Democrats won outright control of Milton Keynes Council in May 2002, the Party made a surprise announcement that she would take over as Leader (rather than Cllr Irene Henderson who led the Party into the election but stood down as group leader just days after the Liberal Democrat victory).
[edit] Parliamentary candidacy
In 2001 McCall stood in the Parliamentary constituency of Buckingham against the Conservative frontbencher John Bercow. She finished third behind Bercow and the Labour Party candidate, even though Buckingham is a seat where the Liberal Democrats came second at the previous general election.
[edit] Membership of other bodies
In 2006 McCall became a IDeA (Improvement and Development Agency) Liberal Democrat peer reviewer.
McCall sits on many bodies including:
- Milton Keynes Local Strategic Partnership (chair)
- Milton Keynes Parks Trust (trustee)
- Milton Keynes Racial Equality Council
- Central Milton Keynes Board
- English Partnerships/MKC Local Liaison Committee
- Local Government Association General Assembly
- Milton Keynes Forum Against Domestic Violence
- Milton Keynes Partnership Committee (LDV) (see also Expansion plans for Milton Keynes)
- Thames Valley Waste Management Forum
