Dan Daley

Kent County Councillor Dan Daley

Dan was born and educated in London, moving to Maidstone in 1974.

He first became involved in local politics in 1985 during the successful fight to save playing fields in Allington. He was first elected to Maidstone Borough Council for LibDems in 1990, became the Leader of the Group in 1992 and of the Council from 1994-9 - and Mayor in the Millennial year. Dan is currently serving his fifth term as Member for Allington Ward. He was elected also to the County Council in 2001 for Maidstone West, and is currently serving a second term for the whole of Maidstone Central (consisting of five urban Borough Wards).

Dan is currently a Trustee of several local Charities and is the Cabinet Member for Culture and Leisure (including Tourism and Business Liaison) for Maidstone Borough. On the County Council, Dan acts as the Liberal Democrat Spokesman on Environment and Highways matters and on the National Health Service Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

Amongst his many achievements, Dan helped establish the Allington Millennium Green, led (through the Maidstone Trust) the development and establishment of the Maidstone River Walk and Whatman Park.

Dan has a great love of nature and does everything possible to protect the most beautiful and precious parts of our natural heritage. His other hobbies include photography, history, music and art (in all its forms!)