Thame’s new Mayor a cut above the rest!

ON the same day that the country got a new Prime Minister, Thame got a new Mayor and he is local Hair Salon owner, Adam Buckland. Cllr Adam Buckland has been a Thame Town Councillor for eight years, and at 40 years-old, is the town’s yongest mayor for 39 years. Cllr David Dodds was in fact Chairman of the old Thame Borough Council at the tender age of 27, and Mayor of the newly formed Town Parish Council, when he was 30.

In his Declaration of Acceptance, Cllr Buckland said: “During my year as Mayor, I am going to work hard to promote not only the town of Thame, but the role of the Council in general. I would like to inspire people to get a lot more involved in their community and to bring back a sense of civic pride.

“At the Annual Town Meetings, I am always saddened by the lack of residents in the under fifty age bracket who don’t turn up to have their say. These people, in my experience, tend to be the most vocal about good and bad aspects in Thame yet they don’t feel engaged enough to feel they are being listened to; this I would like to change.

Father of two, Adam continued: “I believe that the town council cannot achieve all its aims and objectives on its own so I would like to empower the citizens of Thame, both young and old, who have constructive ideas on how to improve this beautiful town of ours to come forward and work with us for the common good of our town.”

He concluded: “I would like the town council to continue to proactive rather than reactive, positive rather than negative and inclusive rather than exclusive. With help from the people of Thame, I know Thame can lead the way forward as a prosperous, forward thinking, energised market town that we can all be proud of.”

Cllr Buckland succeeds Cllr Jeannette Matelot Green, last year’s Mayor, whose very successful term included raising over