Getting to know your Town Councillors – Cllr. Keeley Allin

It feels very strange to say that I have been a town councillor for 10 years, it almost doesn’t seem possible, but I have thoroughly enjoyed every second. I appreciate the opportunity to reintroduce myself and talk about my passions as a Town Councillor.

Being Great Torrington born and bred, I love our town and as soon as I was old enough, I knew I wanted to do my bit to get involved and keep our town great, so the election year after my 18th birthday, I stood for a seat on the Town Council. I quickly joined the environment committee and that is where a lot of my interests still lie. I introduced the Town Tidy initiative to get our town ready for Mayfair each year and, after a year off having my daughter Edie, I’m looking forward to getting back into the swing of council work, and particularly our Town Tidy events.

Working locally, I like that people feel they can approach me and I will strive to help where I can, whether that be dealing with the issue myself or contacting the correct authority that can. I am very proud to serve our town and to have served two terms as Mayor, even if most of my term was during Covid. At that time, our town pulled together in the most amazing way and, despite not having a ‘normal’ year, seeing how we all came together and supported one another was one of the highlights of my term in office! I do hope to take up the role again at some point… just maybe when Edie is a little bit older!

In short, we have such a special town, and I look forward to continuing to work with the rest of our council team to keep it great!