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Welney Parish Council - Members and Clerk, past and present

Current Clerk

surname	firstname	from	how		postal address	phone
Copeman	Pat(Mrs)	Jan 1996	appointed		1 Chestnut Ave, Welney, Wisbech Cambs, PE14 9RG	01354 610226 email

Current Councillors

In surname order (Members reduced from 9 to 8)

surname	firstname	from	how	office	short address	phone
Bombata	Lanre	2014 May 2015	co-opted unopposed elected, 117 votes		Copes Hill Barn, Wisbech Rd, Welney	01354 610099
Cowles	Heidi	May 2015	elected, 116 votes		33 Chestnut Ave, Welney
Cowles	Kyle	May 2015	elected, 94 votes		33 Chestnut Ave, Welney
Edmunds	Paul	May 2015	elected, 147 votes		Shermal, March Rd, Welney
Elliott (Mrs)	Jo	Aug 2011 May 2015	co-opted unopposed elected, 110 votes		Bluebell Spinney, Hundred Foot Bank	01366 377417
Gilbert	Ray	2014 May 2015	co-opted unopposed elected, 104 votes		1 Brampton Villas, Wisbech Rd, Welney	01354 610355
Goodger	Ken	Sep 2001 May 2007 May 2011 May 2015	co-opted unopposed elected unopposed elected unopposed elected, 146 votes	chairman May 2003	Pates Farm, Wisbech Rd, Tipps End	01354 638065 email
Rainbird	Graham	Jun 2011 May 2015	co-opted unopposed elected 92 votes		Beech Cottage, Wisbech Rd, Welney	01354 610300 email

Phone & email detail taken from Welney Parish Council website. All other data from webmaster's records.
* also served prior to current period - see list of previous councillors below

Previous Clerks

surname	firstname	from	how	to	reason for leaving
Turner	Bryan	c1958		c1981 ?	retired
Houghton	Daphne	c1981	appointed	Jan 1996	retired

Previous Councillors

In surname order

surname	firstname	from	how	to	reason for leaving
Allen	Eddie	Jan 2005	co-opted elected unopposed 2007	Sep 2010	resigned
Allen	Eric	pre 1991		Mar 1991	moved away
Bennett	Tim	Sept 1997 May 2003	co-opted co-opted unopposed elected unopposed 2007 elected unopposed 2011	Apr 1999 mid-2014	resigned
Bonner	David	Jan 1993 May 1995	co-opted n/k	Mar 1995 ??
Booth	Denis	1962		May 2003	retired
Bray	Trevor	Jan 2005	co-opted	Apr 2007	work committments
Bray*	Trevor	Jun 2011*	co-opted unopposed	2015 resigned	disgusted with Council?
Brown	Mark	Dec 2005	co-opted by ballot elected unopposed 2007	Mar 2011	moved away
Bruce	Barry	July 2003	co-opted by ballot	Nov 2005	resigned
Burrows	Allison (Mrs)	May 1995	co-opted elected by voters 1999	May 2003	stood down
Carter	Doug	pre 1991 & May 1991	co-opted	??
Coo	Bert	1962		Nov 1992
Cox	Charlotte (Mrs)	July 1995	co-opted elected by voters 1999	Oct 2004	resigned
Day	Jim	pre 1991		??
Dobson	Sue	Mar 2008	co-opted unopposed elected unopposed 2011	May 2011 stood down
Eyles	Tim	Dec 2010	co-opted unopposed elected unopposed 2011		resigned	01354 610033
Farrow	Jenny (Mrs)	May 2003	co-opted	Oct 2004	resigned
Fisher	Tom	May 1995		Mar 1999	stood down
Freer (Mrs)	Claire	Jun 2007	co-opted by ballot elected unopposed 2011		resigned	01354 610562
Frost	John	1973 ?		May 1998	retired
Green	Richard	May 1999	elected by voters	Jan 2003	resigned
Hubbard	Ted	pre 1991		??
Johnson	Shirley (Mrs)	pre 1996		??
Jones	Mike	Jan 2005	co-opted elected unopposed 2007	Dec 2007	resigned
Kerr	Steve	Nov 2000	co-opted by ballot elected unopposed 2003 elected unopposed 2007 co-opted May 2011	Apr 2011 May 2011	error in candidate papers resigned
Loveday	John	pre 1991
Maton	Jackie (Mrs)	Jul 2003	co-opted by ballot	Dec 2004	moved away
Pratley (Mrs)	Vija	May 2008	co-opted unopposed elected unopposed 2011	May 2015 not elected
Pullum	Pauline (Mrs)
Redman	Wendy (Mrs)	Apr 1991
Rix	Pat, Mrs	Nov 1996	co-opted elected by voters 1999	May 2003	stood down
Rowlett	David	pre 1991 May 2003	n/k co-opted	n/k May 2007	n/k didn't lodge candidate paper
Sorenson	Ken	May 1991	co-opted	May 1995	stood down
Thompson	Bill	May 2002	co-opted by ballot	?	died in office
Tomkins	Grant	Feb 2006	co-opted by ballot elected unopposed 2007	Feb 2011	moved away
Wallington	Mark	Jun 2007	co-opted by ballot	Jan 2008	resigned
Wardle (Mrs)	Ann	2014	co-opted unopposed	late 2014	resigned
Warrington	Ian	1999	?	Jun 2002	resigned

Data from webmaster's personal records - details may be innacurate or incomplete

Previous Chairmen

in date order

surname	firstname	from	how	to	reason for leaving office
Booth	Denis	1963		1987
Frost	John	1987		May 1998	retired
Rix	Pat, Mrs	May 1998		May 2000	2-year term expired
Green	Richard	May 2000		May 2002	2-year term expired
Rix	Pat, Mrs	May 2002		May 2003	stood down (left council)

Previous Vice-Chairmen

in date order

surname	firstname	from	how	to	reason for leaving office

Cox	Charlotte	May 1998		May 2000	2-year term expired
Pullum	Pauline	May 2000

Kerr	Steve			May 2008