Councillor Michael Barnacle
Ward 8 - Kinross-shire 
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Contact details
Moorend Waulkmill Crook of Devon Kinross-shire KY13 0UZ Telephone: 01738 475027 (Council) 01577 840516 (Home) Email: mbarnacle@pkc.gov.uk
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Committees
- Environment Committee
- Housing and Health Committee
- Perth and Kinross Licensing Board
- Common Good Fund Committee (Kinross)
Representation on external bodies
- Forth Estury Transport Authority
- Perthshire Alliance for the Real Cairngorms (PARC)
Personal profile
Mike was first elected to the Council as the member for Kinross-shire in May 1999, being re-elected with an increased majority in May 2003. He is 59 years of age, married with one son, who is currently studying at Heriot-Watt University.
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.