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Barnard Castle Town Council has a Town Mayor and Deputy Town Mayor who are elected by at the Town’s Annual Meeting in May each year. However, with only 12 Councillors, the convention adopted by the Council is that the Town Mayor and the Deputy Town Mayor may be elected for a second consecutive year unless there are good reasons for them not to be re-elected or the Councillors in question indicate that they do not wish to continue.
In addition to chairing Council meetings, the Town Mayor’s role is to attend and support, in an official capacity, events and celebrations within the Town. Each Mayor is willing to support any good cause, provided invitations are made to the Council’s office in writing. The Town Mayor for 202324 is Councillor Laura Drew and the Deputy Town Mayor is Councillor Paul Ing. For further information about your Mayor and Councillors by select each of their individual pages below, where you can view images and contact details:
Richard Witham
Member of Planning & Partnership Committees
Email: clerk@barnardcastletowncouncil.gov.uk
Address: 29 Kinghorne Road Barnard Castle DL12 8GZ
Register of Interests: View PDF
Rima Chatterjee
Chair of Partnership & member of Resources Committees
Email: chatterjee.bctc@gmail.com
Address: 56 Zetland Road, Barnard Castle DL12 8LB
Telephone: 07999 741246
Ian Kirkbride
Chair of Resources Committee & member of Services Committee
Email: ianandsusankirkbride@gmail.com
Address: 13 Bartlemere Barnard Castle DL12 8LR
Telephone: 07967 379411
Register of Interests: View PDF
David Hand
Chair of Planning Committee & member of Services Committee
Email: davyhand9@yahoo.co.uk
Address: 4a Wood Street Barnard Castle DL12 8JS
Telephone: 07881 617922
Register of Interests: View PDF
Chris Foote-Wood
Member Resources Committee
Email: chrisfootewood@gmail.com
Telephone: 01833 690970
Register of Interests: View PDF
Emma Rowell
Member Resources & Planning Committees
Email: Emmarowell931@gmail.com
Address: Low Lathbury Cotherstone DL12 9PL
Telephone: 07547 931296
Register of Interests: View PDF
Leigh Stenson
Member of Planning and Resources Committees
Email: clerk@barnardcastletowncouncil.gov.uk
Address: 59B Galgate Barnard Castle DL12 8EN
Telephone: 01833 690970
Register of Interests: View PDF
Paul Ing
Resources & Planning Member & Ex officio across all committees
Email: clerk@barnardcastletowncouncil.gov.uk
Address: c/o Barnard Castle Town Council
Telephone: 07957 158348
Register of Interests: View PDF
Jan Thompson
Member of Planning & Partnership Committees
Email: jan.thompson@jtpcs.com
Address: 36 Birch Road Barnard Castle DL12 8JR
Telephone: 07443 226487
Register of Interests: View PDF
Valerie Ewart
Member of Services & Partnership Committees
Email: clerk@barnardcastletowncouncil.gov.uk
Telephone: 01833 637433
Register of Interests: View PDF
Roger Peat
member of Partnership & Services Committees
Email: roger_peat@hotmail.co.uk
Address: Oaklands Darlington Road Barnard Castle DL12 8TA
Telephone: 07719 586839
Register of Interests: View PDF
Fiona Turnbull
Chair of Services and member of Partnership Committees
Address: 6 Baliol Street Barnard Castle Co. Durham DL12 8AF
Telephone: 01833 690970
Register of Interests: View PDF
More Information
Barnard Castle Town Council has an adopted Code of Conduct for Members. The Code covers the behaviour of members based on the principles of selflessness, integrity, objectivity, accountability, openness, honesty, and leadership. Members are required to declare those areas in which they have a personal or pecuniary interest to aid in making the Town Council’s decision making transparent.
Registerable Interest Forms are published on Durham County Council’s website. Durham County Council is responsible for monitoring adherence to the Code and for investigating complaints for the breach of the Code. Further information is available on the Complaints about Councillors section of the Durham County Council website.
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