Sacked councillor missed meetings because he was partying at Butlin’s

Spike Mayhew pictured at Butlin’s while he was still a councillor (Picture: Facebook)

A councillor has been caught red-handed partying while on holiday, including at Butlins, when he was meant to be attending council meetings.

Spike Mayhew, who has since lost his Uckfield seat at Wealden District Council, only attended 14% of meetings during his time as a councillor.

He spent some of his other time holidaying either abroad or here in the UK.

Mr Mayhew attended just one meeting during the time he served as an independent candidate from May 2023 until February 2024.

Social media posts showed him on a week-long cruise in Norway on June 28 2023 when he was meant to be at a full council meeting.

He posted an image to his Facebook account with the caption: ‘Our home for the next week,’ The Argus reports.

Mr Mayhew and the group departed from Southampton on June 23 2023 on the P&O Britannia Southampton cruise ship.

On September 22 2023, Mr Mayhew was seen at Butlin’s with a large group of people dressed in camouflage ready for a party.

Mr Mayhew only attended 14% of meetings (Picture: Facebook)

That day, he failed to attend a licensing committee meeting and apologised for his absence.

He posted on Facebook again: ‘Here we are at Butlins 17 of us 4 still to arrive celebrating wends 60th.’

While he apologised for another absence from a full council meeting, the excuse was he was away on holiday in York and Scotland.

It is a legal requirement for councillors to attend at least one meeting every six months.

They automatically lose their seats if they do not do this.

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