Councillor Kevin Maton
Party: Labour
Ward: Henley
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Surgery details
Call 07852 450 953 or e-mail kevin.maton@coventry.gov.uk
Contact information
Correspondence address:
C/O Member Services
The Council House
Earl Street
Coventry
CV1 5RR
Bus. phone: 024 7697 1664
Mobile: 07852 450 953
Email: kevin.maton@coventry.gov.uk
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Committee appointments
- Council
- Health and Social Care Scrutiny Board (5)
- Joint Meeting of Business, Economy and Enterprise Scrutiny Board (3) and Finance and Corporate Services Scrutiny Board (1) (By Invitation)
- Joint Meeting of Cabinet Members Business, Enterprise and Employment and Public Services
- Licensing and Regulatory Committee (Deputy Chair)
- Licensing and Regulatory Sub Committee (1) (Hackney Carriage & Private Hire Taxi Licensing) (Deputy Chair)
- Licensing and Regulatory Sub-Committee (2) (Hackney Carriage & Private Hire Taxi Licensing) (Deputy Chair)
- Planning Committee
Terms of Office
- 04/05/2006 - 06/05/2010
- 06/05/2010 - 26/05/2014
- 26/05/2014 - 03/05/2018
- 03/05/2018 - 05/05/2022
- 05/05/2022 -
Appointments to outside bodies
Additional Information
Kevin has been a member of the Labour Party for 37 years. He first served as a Coventry City Councillor representing Whoberley Ward for 16 years until May 2003. During that time he served in a senior capacity in areas related to Education, Economic Development and Planning and was in Coventry City Council’s first Cabinet, where he was responsible for Social Services. He was then elected to Coventry City Council in 2006, representing Henley Ward. In 2010 he became Chair of the Planning Committee. In 2014 he was the Cabinet Member for Business and Employment, which included responsibility for Strategic Planning, Economic Development, Regeneration and Property. Since 2016 he has been the Cabinet Member for Education and Skills.
Having worked for local government and consultancy organisations for many years, he ran his own consultancy operation from the end of 2001 until 2007. These jobs have utilised his 37 years experience of planning, economic development and regeneration policy development and analysis. In July 2007 he started working with Social Enterprise West Midlands, an organisation supporting and promoting a strong, visible, growing and sustainable social enterprise sector across the Region. He is a graduate of Lanchester Polytechnic’s (now Coventry University) School of Urban and Regional Planning.
Public appointments: Kevin is a Governor of West Coventry Academy and he is also a Board member of the Moat House Community Trust.