Important Disclaimer
I am a member of Evesham Town Council and Wychavon District Council, representing Bengeworth ward in both cases (although the boundaries of the two wards do not precisely coincide). In both cases, I was elected as the Conservative candidate under the auspices of Mid Worcestershire Conservative Association and the Evesham and Vale Branch of MWCA. This website is my personal website. It dates back to long before I became a councillor and will almost certainly outlive that role. Nothing on this website should be read as representing the views of Evesham Town Council or Wychavon District Council, or of any part of the Conservative Party. Please bear that in mind when reading it.
You can view my official council web presence here:
See below for contact details.
About Me
“The Grinch of Evesham” (Nadine Dorries, former Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)
“Thoughtful, caring and committed” (Reverend Andrew Spurr, Vicar of Evesham)
“Who?” (George W Bush, former President of the USA)
If you’re wondering about me, I am Mark Goodge, Internet geek, musician, political activist, non-dogmatic Christian, cat-lover, international traveller (when I can afford it), photographer, train-non-spotter, sometime politician and generally all-round nice guy. At least, that’s what my friends tell me.
For my day job, I run a small web development and consultancy company. My main tasks are to write PHP and HTML, fiddle with MySQL, fix things when they break and try to develop new systems that don’t break quite as often.
The second most important part of my external-facing life is my role as a local councillor on both Evesham Town Council and Wychavon District Council.
In my spare time, I pester politicans, take photos, play music and write blog posts. I like good food, good conversation, good beer, good wine and good company. I have, entirely unintentionally, become one of the UK’s leading authorities on motorway service stations. I am more interested in open government and intellectual property reform than motorways.
I am married to Emma, and we have three children, Ellie, Abigail and Nathaniel.
The photo in the header of this website is the River Avon at Hampton Ferry in Evesham, taken on a fine autumn morning in September 2017.
Contact
I have several different roles, and several different ways of contacting me. My preferred means of first-time contact is email, as this makes it easy to ensure that we both have a copy of our communication and it’s easier for me to sort messages into the right place.
If you want to contact me about council matters, please use my published council contact details:
- [email protected] (for Wychavon related issues)
- [email protected] (for Evesham Town Council issues)
It doesn’t matter too much which of these you use, if you’re not sure whether something is a district or town council responsibility. But please bear in mind that you may get a reply from either address.
Please do not use either of these addresses for personal matters or anything not related to my role as a councillor.
For personal or business communications, please use one of these addresses
- [email protected] (for personal matters)
- [email protected] (for matters related to my business, Good Stuff Ltd)
You can also contact me by telephone or WhatsApp at 07860 265632. However, please bear in mind that I get a lot of unsolicited calls from businesses and vendors of varying degrees of reputability. So, as a general rule, I don’t answer the phone the first time to an unrecognised number. You can leave a message if you want, but if you want me to call you back then you need to tell me who you are and, importantly, why you’re calling.
For those who care about such things, you can also find me on LinkedIn, Mastodon, Facebook,
Instagram and Twitter.