Following the 2012 elections of Councillors to East Lothian Council, the Fa’side ward gained a new face in Shamin Akhtar (LAB).
Shamin’s constituency surgeries were recently published. If you have any issues you’d like to raise you can see Shamin at the following times and places…
| Wednesday 27 June | 5pm – 6pm | Trevelyan Hall, Pencaitland |
| Wednesday 4 July | 5pm – 6pm | Ormiston Community Centre |
| Saturday 7 July | 10am – 11am | Loch Centre, Tranent |
| Wednesday 11 July | 5pm – 6pm | Macmerry Village Hall |
| Wednesday 25 July | 5pm – 6pm | Trevelyan Hall, Pencaitland |
| Saturday 28 July | 10am – 11am | Loch Centre, Tranent |
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Shamin has lived in Pencaitland since 2007, moving to the village from Musselburgh with her partner Ryan and their two young children in Limekilns. After graduating from the University of Abertay, Dundee in Biotechnology she was elected President of her Students’ Association, going on to be elected the President of the National Union of Students Scotland. Shamin has subsequently spent much of her career in the voluntary and community sector, including more than a decade working for SCVO, the national umbrella body for Scottish charities. She has also volunteered with a wide range of charities and community groups over the last 20 years including Chair of a national housing organisation. Closer to home, Shamin has supported Pencaitland playgroup and volunteered with the school’s PTA.
Shamin Akhtar Contact info
John Muir House
Haddington
EH41 3HA
Tel: 01620 827019/07718669395
Fax: 01620 827180
Email: sakhtar@eastlothian.gov.uk
Councillors Jim Gillies, Donald Grant & Kenny Macleod
Details for Fa’side’s three recently re-elected councillors, their contact information and times of constituency surgeries, can be found on East Lothian Council’s website:
Jim Gillies (LAB)
Donald Grant (LAB)
Kenny Macleod (SNP)
Pencaitland Community Council
