Sedgwick Parish Council - Our Team

Sedgwick Parish Council has six elected members and we employ a Parish Clerk who makes sure the Council is run correctly.  If you have a general issue, question or concern, our Parish Clerk is the first point of contact for all Parish matters, but if you would like to speak to a councilor about a specific issue, our different areas of responsibility are shown below. We also work in close partnership with our Westmorland and Furness Councilor and our local PCSO.

CURRENT VACANCIES

PARISH COUNCIL OF SEDGWICK
VACANCY FOR A PARISH COUNCILLOR
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1972 (SECTION 87(2))
THE LOCAL ELECTIONS (PARISHES AND COMMUNITIES) (ENGLAND AND WALES) RULES 2006 (RULE 5)
(1)        There is a vacancy on the above-mentioned Council caused by the immediate resignation of Councillor Andrea Holmes.
(2)        In accordance with Section 89(3) of the Local Government Act 1972, where the vacancy occurs within six months before the day on which the councillor whose office is vacant would regularly have retired, an election shall not be held under Section 89(1) of the above Act, and the vacancy will be filled at the next ordinary election of councillors on Thursday 2nd May 2023
(3)        The Council may choose to fill the vacancy by co-option for the period until that election.
Dated 16th November 2023
 Signed R. HARRISON
            Parish Clerk
Address of Parish/Town Clerk; 14 Helmside Gardens, Oxenholme, LA9 7HN
Tel/mobile no;  07717357176
NOTES

1. This form is for use where a vacancy occurs six months or more before the fourth day after the day of the next ordinary election.

Sedgwick Parish Council Clerk

Rachel Harrison
14 Helmside Gardens,
Oxenholme
LA9 7HN
Tel: 07717357176

Email:  sedgwick.parish@gmail.com

​The Role of the Parish Clerk:
Under the section 112 of the Local Government Act (LGA) 1972, a Parish Council appoints an officer to ensure the “proper discharge of their functions”. This “proper officer” is very often referred to as “the clerk (to the council)”. And is responsible for the smooth running of the Council’s business. They are the first point of contact for the Council and all correspondence should be addressed to the Clerk.  Responsibility for implementing the decisions of the Council rests with the Clerk along with giving professional guidance where necessary whilst remaining neutral and discrete.  The Clerk is also responsible for financial management. The Clerk prepares, publicises agendas and signs notices and summonses with a list of business to be transacted and is required to attend meetings, take minutes and keep Council and other documents.

Parish Councillors                  Email:  sedgwick.parish@gmail.com

Chair:
Mrs Boyan Holmes
The Oaks
Telephone 61644 
Areas of responsibility:
Chair, Website, Canal Management Plan, Newsletter
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Mr Will Burrow
Railway Cottage
Telephone 07814575880
Areas of responsibility: 
​Millennium Field, Health and Safety

Ms Val Macconnell
4 Orchard Close
Tel 07779912017
Areas of responsibility:
Safeguarding

 
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Vice Chair: 
Mrs Bernie Tanham
The Wharf
Telephone 60179 6017960179
Areas of responsibility:
LAP,  Planning, Canal  

Mr Gerry Stoker
4, Wakefield Meadow
Telephone 60939
Areas of responsibility:
Millennium Field, Health and Safety,   

For Councillor details held by Westmorland and Furness Council and Declarations of Interest click here

If you are interested in becoming a Parish Councillor click here for more information

​Westmorland and Furness Council 
South Kendal 

Cllr Doug Rathbone
M: 07795925328
E:  doug.rathbone@westmorlandandfurness.gov.uk
W: www.westmorlandandfurness.gov.uk
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