The Mayor, Cllr Brian Clark, attended Maidstone Grammar School before earning a Master’s degree in Electronic Systems Engineering from Kingston University. He built a career in technology in the UK and Silicon Valley before returning to his hometown, where he and his wife ran the local Post Office in Loose as sub-postmasters for over a decade.

Brian was a long-term committee member of the North Loose Residents’ Association before serving as a Kent County Councillor for Maidstone South from 2013 to 2017.

He has been a Maidstone Borough Councillor for eleven years and has most recently served on the Planning and Healthy Stronger Communities Policy Advisory Committee and as the chairman of Maidstone’s Joint Transport Board.

Brian has also held membership on other cabinet committees, including policy and resources, overview and scrutiny, and the planning committee.

He has been an active trustee of the Hayle Park Nature Reserve for almost ten years. His contribution includes working on the reserve’s expansion from thirty to sixty acres. He also helped the reserve gain national nature reserve designation.

Brian has also been a long-term volunteer repairer for the Tovil Repair Cafe, serving as an electrical and electronics repairer, often alongside his son, since the cafe was established in early 2025.  The Mayoress is Brian’s wife, Shannon Hines-Clark.

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