Pauline Searle, Guildford North

Pauline Searle was elected as County Councillor for Guildford North in May 2005.

She has lived in Guildford all her life and in the Stoughton area for 35 years. She has been a Guildford Borough Councillor for that area since 1999.

She is married to Victor, a fellow GBC councillor, and has three children (Matthew, Louise and Luke), two grandchildren (Finley, 3 years and Isabella 1) and another due in July.

As a County Councillor, Pauline Searle has the following roles:

Spokesperson for Children and Families and member of SCC's Children and Families Select Committee;
Spokesperson for Health and member of SCC's Health Scrutiny Committee;
Member of SCC's Local Committee in Guildford.

Pauline's interests are very much children, youth and the community. She has been a registered childminder for 25 years and ran a holiday play-scheme for 14 years for 3 to 7 year olds.

She is a special needs governor at St Joseph's Primary School, a trustee of Disability Challengers, chair of the Management Committee of Stoughton Youth & Community Centre, member of Stoughton Community Association Committee and on the executive committee of Guildford Arts.

At Guildford Borough Council, Pauline is vice chair of the Community and Development Scrutiny Committee and shadow spokesperson for Parks & Countryside and Play & Sport Development.

In any spare time Pauline does have, she likes to read.