Councillors (11)

Chairman: Karen Hayler, Vice Chairman: Brian Norton

Councillors: Neville Clark, Roy Brennan, Terry Kearney, Judith Stillwell, Ken Wood, Nick Carver, Doreen Harbour, Malcolm Woolley, Lindsey Horton

All Parish Councillors give their time freely and receive no financial reward for the time devoted to the Council. Councillors are elected for a four-year term. Any vacancies during that period are filled either from a by-election or by co-option.

Parish Council Committees

Parish Council committees are required to meet in public, with the meetings being minuted by the Clerk. Within its terms of reference, a committee may be empowered to make decisions on behalf of the Council.

Finance Committee: Brian Norton, Karen Hayler, Neville Clark, Nick Carver, Roy Brennan, Lindsey Horton

Planning Committee: Brian Norton, Ken Wood, Nick Carver, Judith Stillwell, Terry Kearney, Malcolm Woolley

Council documents and reports

The documents listed below are available for you to consult.  You may open them directly in your browser by clicking on the document title.

Freedom of Information

Ashington Parish Council aims to make information available to the public as part of normal day to day activities. If there is information that you wish to see but is not on the website then please contact the Clerk. The Parish Council has adopted a Model Publication Scheme - click here to view the Model Scheme or here to view the available list of Publications.

Council Regulations

Standing Orders: The Standing Orders regulate the way in which the Council conducts its business.  Parts of the Standing Orders are mandatory and are laid down by Acts of Parliament, whereas other are adopted voluntarily to assist in the formal running of the Council's affairs.  The Standing Orders are largely taken from a nationally published set of Model Standing Orders.

Click here to view the Standing Orders.

Financial Regulations: The Financial Regulations govern the conduct of the financial transactions of the Council.

Click here to view the Financial Regulations.

Councillor Regulations

Terms of Office: Extracts from the Local Government Act 1972 specifying the legal qualifications and disqualifications for holding office as a parish councillor.

Click here to view the extract from LGA 1972.

Parish Councillor Application Form: Form for completion by anyone offering themselves for co-option as a parish councillor when there is a vacancy.

Click here to view the application form, then select print to print a copy for completion by hand.

Declaration of Acceptance of Office: Declaration required to be signed by every councillor prior to taking up office as a councillor (whether by election or by co-option).

Click here to view the Declaration of Acceptance of Office

Members Code of Conduct: Code of Members' Conduct which all parish councillors are legally required to observe.

Click here to view the Members Code of Conduct.   

Complaints

Code of Practice for Handling Complaints: This explains the differences between complaints against Council employees , complaints against individual Councillors , and complaints against the Council itself .  It explains the different ways of reporting and handling each type of complaint, and also sets out in detail the Council's Complaints Procedure for handling informal and formal complaints against itself.

Click here to view the Code of Practice for Handling Complaints.