Cllr Richard Church
Richard was born in Northampton and has lived here most of his
life. He has a degree in politics at Reading University. He is
a former director of his family’s business Church’s China, one of
Northampton’s oldest established family retail businesses. Richard
has been the Borough Councillor for Kingsthorpe since 1983
and is a former Mayor of Northampton.
He is currently the cabinet member for Regeneration on the
Council, and is the County Councillor for Kingsley in Northampton
and former Leader of the Liberal Democrat Group on both councils.
Richard is a former Parliamentary and European Parliamentary
candidate for the Liberal Democrats and former chair of East
Midlands Liberal Democrats. He has served as a member of
Northampton Borough Council’s planning committee and represented
the Council on the Northampton Area planning committee of WNDC, and
has taken a particular interest in planning and regeneration
issues.