Members

Your Parish Councillors

Blagdon Hill, Angersleigh, Fosgrove, Poundisford, Culmhead, Chelmsine, Pitminster, Fulwood, Howleigh, Sellicks Green, Haygrass, Duddlestone

The Parish of Pitminster has eight Councillors who are generally elected every four years. In the event that a vacancy should arise between election years then the vacancy is filled either by an election process OR by co-option

What does a Parish Councillor do?

A parish council is the tier of local government closest to the people and parish councillors are local people who must live or work in, or close to, the parish they represent and have a genuine care and interest in their community. Councillors do not have individual powers but take collective decisions at regular meetings which then form the policy of the Council. Politics rarely extend into parish council work.

Pitminster Parish Council has a range of local powers, although the topics that appear most regularly on its agendas are those relating to planning and highways. The Council is also often the vehicle through which organisations such as Somerset County Council, Somerset West and Taunton Council and the Police consult on a range of policies which may impact locally or across a wider area.

Parish Councillors must act within the law and comply with a code of conduct, and they can look to their clerk for advice.

Becoming a Councillor

You must be able to answer yes to one of the following:
On the current electoral register for the parish/ ward (on-going requirement); you are required to remain on the register throughout your term of office.

1. Have lived in the parish or within 3 miles of the parish boundary during the whole of the 12 months before the day of nomination and election.
2. Main place of business during the last 12 months before the day of nomination and election is based in the parish.
3. Occupy as owner or tenant property within the parish for 12 months before the day of nomination and election.