The Councillors are:
Cllr H Pettiford (Elected 2003)
Cllr E Shephard (Co-opted 2007)
Cllr S Bentley (Co-opted 2013) Chair 2024
Cllr D Dangerfield (Co-opted 2017)
Cllr J Thompson (Co-opted 2019)
Clerk Paul Ashley (March 2019)
Email: paul.ashley30@yahoo.co.uk
Councillors with specific responsibilities are listed below;
Cllr S Bentley Caretaker Coordinator
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Cllr D Dangerfield Serving on John Stockton Trust
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Register of Interests – edemocracy.northyorks.gov.uk Click on Parish Councils
The Parish Council has a maximum of 5 members.
Elections take place every 4 years.
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2024 In February Cllr Pettiford resigned from the role of Chair and Cllr Bentley was elected to the position.
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2022 The local election was scheduled for Thursday 5 May. With no new candidates the 5 councillors were re-elected unopposed.
Cllrs: H Pettiford, E Shephard, S Bentley, D Dangerfield & J Thompson.
The election was held after only 3 years to coincide with the election for the new Unitary Council for North Yorkshire. The next local election will not be held until 2027.
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2019 The local election was scheduled for Thursday 2 May. With no new candidates the 5 councillors were re-elected unopposed.
2019 In September a vacancy arose and was duly advertised.
2019 In December, following an application regarding the casual vacancy, that was duly advertised, the position was filled and the Council now has 5 members.
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2017 In March one councillor resigned.
2017 In July, following an application regarding the casual vacancy, that was duly advertised, the position was filled and the Council now has 5 members.
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2015 The local election was scheduled for Thursday 7 May. With no new candidates the 5 councillors were re-elected unopposed.
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2013 In May, following an application regarding the casual vacancy, that was duly advertised, the position was filled and the council then had 5 members.
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2011 The local election was scheduled for Thursday 5 May. With the resignation of one councillor and no new candidates the remaining 4 councillors were re-elected unopposed.
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2007 Two councillors resigned but as no one stood at the election the 3 remaining councillors were re-elected unopposed. Subsequently the 2 casual vacancies were filled having been duly advertised.
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2003 was the last contested election when there were 8 candidates.