Susan Witt is a Liberal Democrat local councillor in Winchester. Her ward is the St Barnabas which operates in the Weeke area and also includes fellow Liberal Democrat Councillor Anne Weir and Conservative Councillor Eileen Berry.
When last recorded, the area of which the St Barnabas ward has effect has 5,513 people living there with an average age of just under 45 years old, over 75% of which are Christian. Over 54% of the population are over 45 years of age.
I asked the councillor about her ward and the main issues they faced.
"The main problem we seem to face is the public complaining about the parking situations, particularly outside the [Peter Symonds] college. We've tried to resolve this issue many times including introducing parking permits which didn't seem to work. We have had discussions about possibly building a new car park in the area but it is still in the discussion size. It is important never to make promises incase you can't keep them."
Witt, who has another job working at a primary school, was elected as a local councillor after working on a local magazine: "I saw what the other councillors were doing and I knew that I could do it better." The last re-election was in 2010.
When asked how feedback and comments are received from the public, Witt said: "We talk to the public in various ways. We go door to door dropping off surveys and then come back to collect them. They can also e-mail us and find details of the ward online. We like to sort out the current issues."
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