Cllr Swithin Long

Swithin is Torbay Council’s Cabinet Member for Housing, Regeneration and Tourism. He is the Councillor for the Barton with Watcombe ward (which includes the Willows).

Swithin went to the University of Northumbria at Newcastle where he graduated with a BA (Hons) in Government and Public Policy”

Prior to becoming a Cabinet Member, Swithin was an adviser for Age UK (covering issues such as Housing, Social Care and Benefits). He has also worked previously for the former MP for Torbay Adrian Sanders and the former Member of the European Parliament for the South West Region Sir Graham Watson.