Mike has responsibility for Ward 8 – Kinross-shire
Mike’s Contact Details
Moorend
Waulkmill
Crook of Devon
Kinross-shire
KY13 0UZ
Telephone: 01738 475027 (Council)
01577 840516 (Home)
Mobile: 07590 312428
Email: Council – mbarnacle@pkc.gov.uk
Home – michaelabarnacle@gmail.com
Committees
Common Good Fund Committee (Kinross)
Environment Committee
Development Management Committee
Enterprise and Infrastucture Committee
Between May 2003 & 2007 Mike was Convenor of the Environment Committee.
He has also twice been Vice Convenor of the Development Control Committee during his time on the Council, having continuously served on that Committee from May 1999 to his resignation therefrom on 12th 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. Since re-election for a fourth term in May 2012, as an independent, Mike is part of the opposition groups on the council.
Personal Profile
Mike Barnacle was first elected to the Council as the member for Kinross-shire in May 1999, being re-elected in May 2003, 2007, 2012 and 2017. He is 72 years of age, widowed with one son who is a Masters graduate of Heriot-Watt University and holds a PhD from Strathclyde University in Electrical Engineering.
Mike’s 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, where he commenced and still practices as an accountant/tax consultant.
Outwith business and council/community duties his interests include gardening, mountaineering (5 Munros still to complete), soccer, folk music and poetry. He highlights the environment, farming, planning, roads and footpaths as areas of most involvement and importance in his Ward.