Councillor Michael Barnacle
Ward 8 - Kinross-shire 
Committees
- Common Good Fund Committee (Kinross)
Mike will seek to address any Committee of the Council on
important ward issues.
Between May 2003 and 2007 Mike was Convener of the Environment
Committee. He has also twice been Vice Convener of the
Development Control Committee during his time on the Council,
having continuously served on the Committee from May 1999 to his
resignation therefrom on 12 May 2008. In November 2008, Mike
resigned from the Liberal Democrat Group on the Council over the
party's strategy within the ruling administration and due to
differences with colleagues over community planning issues in his
ward. He has not joined the opposition and now represents his
constituents as an Independent Member for Kinross-shire.
Personal Profile
Mike was first elected to the Council as the member for
Kinross-shire in May 1999, being re-elected twice since in May 2003
and 2007. He is 63 years of age, married with one son, who is
a graduate of Heriot-Watt University (currently on a research
project at Strathclyde University into renewable energy).
His family is from Staffordshire, where they own a hill farm and
stone quarry on the edge of the Peak District. He has lived
in Scotland since 1972, having moved from the borders to
Kinross-shire in 1980, when he commenced practise as an
accountant/tax consultant.
Outwith business and council/community duties, his interests
include gardening, mountaineering, soccer, folk music and
poetry. He highlights the environment, farming, planning, and
roads and footpaths as areas of most involvement and importance in
his Ward.
