Sam's Profile

About Sam

Sam Potts lives in North Crawley, a village in the north east part of Milton Keynes borough. Sam has lived in Milton Keynes for over twenty years and attended the local schools of Ousedale Secondary, Lovat Middle and North Crawley Church of England First School where he is now a school governor. Sam is also a governor at Tickford Park School, a new school formed from Riverside Primary and Lovat Middle Schools.

Sam is the Liberal Democrat Councillor for Sherington Ward succeeding former Councillor Pat Seymour who has retired to spend more time with her family and her grandchildren who live abroad. Sam has been a member of the Sherington Lib Dem Focus Team for a number of years working with Pat. Sam is a qualified First Aider. He is currently a consultant managing a User Acceptance Testing project for an international company. Prior to this Sam worked for a Housing Association in Milton Keynes, One of Sam's interests revolves around housing needs for young people. His concerns regarding education, the health service, the environment and the lack of police locally led him to become active in local politics. He has been at the forefront of Milton Keynes politics as a Liberal Democrat Agent in Milton Keynes playing a key role in ensuring the Liberal Democrats took control of Milton Keynes Council in May 2002. Sam used his high profile to expose the lies told about the Iraq war both on a national scene marching in London, and more locally speaking at the Milton Keynes Council meetings, asking the questions that local Labour politicians did not want to answer.

Both before and during his time as an active Liberal Democrat, Sam has been active within his local community. For many years he has campaigned for speed restrictions in villages across Milton Keynes.

Sam does not get very much free time, but when he does he enjoys socialising with his friends, reading and listening to music.