Experience
Gordon has a long-standing interest in politics. He is a fully qualified Conservative Party political agent and at one time was the constituency agent for Thanet North MP, Roger Gale.
Gordon has held a number of elected posts in local government. He was twice deputy leader of Swale Borough Council and was also a Kent County Councillor, during which time he sat both on the Education Committee and the Kent Police Authority. He has retained a keen interest in education and Law and Order.
Gordon Henderson has been politically active in our local community for many years.
At the 2005 General Election Gordon was the Parliamentary Candidate for Sittingbourne & Sheppey and came within 79 votes of winning the seat for the Conservative Party. Despite losing, Gordon remains very active in supporting local campaigns.
Gordon has been involved also in the local voluntary work, including as an instructor in the Army Cadet Force, as a director of the SWIM training centre (Sittingbourne) and as a school governor at Eastchurch Primary School (Sheppey) and the Cheyne Middle School (Sheppey).
Gordon is currently director of the Swale Community Action Project, one of the objectives of which is to campaign for a cleaner, greener Swale. In this capacity Gordon is currently involved in organising the Litter Angels competition, which involves local youngster designing an anti-litter poster or writing a short story about litter.
Gordon is also a keen supporter of the Swale Arts Forum and for the past two years contributed towards the annual arts bursary awarded to local artists.
