Who is Andy Tree?

• Family man: married to Katrina and has four children aged 13 – 3-years-old.

Full statement

• Has lived in Lindford since 2010 and prior to that in Bordon.
• Created first financial services business aged 24 from his maisonette spare room in Kildare Close, later building a national accountancy firm from scratch.
• Founded the Whitehill & Bordon Community Party in 2017 to "better represent residents" across Whitehill, Bordon and Lindford.
• Lead the party to victory at the May 2019 local town council elections in Whitehill & Bordon, becoming Leader of the town council (an unpaid voluntary role.)
• Now wants to better-represent residents at Hampshire County Council-level and increase communication between HCC and the town & parish councils, in order to better fulfil his role and achieve results for the whole community.

Andy Tree says:

"I pledge to try and achieve results for our community by working constructively with councillors of all parties and on all levels, but to never shy away from fighting your corner if I feel Whitehill, Bordon or Lindford is being short-changed!

I won’t take orders from the Hampshire County Council Conservative Leader (from Brockenhurst) or the Liberal Democrat Group Leader (from Eastleigh!) If elected, my only ‘boss’ will be the people of Whitehill, Bordon and Lindford! I will ALWAYS put my fellow residents before any national party policy!

Being elected as county councillor for Whitehill, Bordon and Lindford will greatly help me in my work as town council Leader (a role I can still retain as a volunteer), to represent my fellow residents at both levels effectively.

Over the years, I have contributed towards many positives locally, including fighting for the new 6-lane swimming pool back in 2014, which opened last year and fighting for a proper additional supermarket, which we are awaiting an announcement for this May. The town council (under my leadership) is protecting valuable greenspaces under our control, which includes Bordon Inclosure and Deadwater Valley Nature Reserve.

I first got involved with local issues when the raillink bus was abolished as I want to see proper public transport and since becoming town council leader in May 2019 have hosted many public meetings with those 'in power' such as regeneration company, police and NHS, to ensure there is better communication with residents.

I worry that Lib Dems just want to attack Conservatives for the sake of it to score points and Conservatives want to tell us everything is perfect and they have done a great job in charge (at HCC and EHDC), despite the damming EHDC 'conduct report' and town centre delays. I fully appreciate that Covid-19 is a legitimate and understandable reason for some delays such as the proposed cinema, but it cannot be an excuse for absolutely everything such as Chase Hospital/local health service reduction and lack of public transport, where both of those issues have been ongoing for many years."

Tina Strickland (Deputy Leader of the Whitehill & Bordon Community Party) says:
"My admiration for Andy Tree has grown from getting to know him through his community work to putting myself forward to supporting him as deputy leader of our group. From my own experience, his tireless efforts and public service are unparalleled locally."