The Parish Council consists of 9 councillors plus one part-time employed Clerk. Following the elections, we currently have four vacancies for councillors. The Parish Council meets on the first Tuesday of the month at 7.30pm at Longford Village Hall (excluding January, April, August and September).
Please contact the Clerk if you are interested in becoming a councillor. The following documents are useful for prospective councillors:
- Respective Roles and Responsibilities within a Parish Council
- Good Councillors Guide
Councillors as at May 2019:
Eamonn Doherty (finance working group, Village Hall working group, newsletter)
Karen Doherty Chair (Personnel, Village Hall working group)
Lynn Gough
Peter Gough Vice Chair (park/playing field)
Mark Hamblett (Personnel, Village Hall working group)
(Four vacancies for parish councillors)
Details of Longford Parish Councillor declaration of interests are available from Sara Freckleton, Tewkesbury Borough Council’s Monitoring Officer, or the Parish Clerk. Email contacts are: Sara.Freckleton@tewkesbury.gov.uk and longfordpc@outlook.com.
County Councillor: Phillip Awford
Borough Councillors: Graham Bocking, Paul Ockelton
Clerk to the Council: Julie Shirley