Parish Councillors

 

Name/email address	Date Co-opted	Ward	Address	Telephone (01235)
Dee Boughton-Waite		Harwell	7 Hengest Gate	861779
Cath Convery		Harwell	Ty Gwyn, Reading Road	07977 465886
David Farrell	Jan 2018	Campus	19 North Drive
Jeremy Hawthorne (Vice-chair)	May 2015	Campus	33 Orchard Way
Sarah Medley	Jun 2018	Harwell	31 Cornflower Close
Neil Paterson	Apr 2018	Harwell	Winnates, Barrow Lane	07722261954
Philip Roberts	Nov 2017	Harwell	Highfield, The Winnaway	861409
Sarah Soames	Jul 2018	Harwell	2 Tyrrells Close	07849 533808
Debbie Turner (Chair)		Harwell	46 Orchard Way	07530 053776
Colum Wilson	Jul 2018	Harwell

As of 10 July 2018 there is one  casual vacancy.

The Parish Clerk is Mrs Stephanie Taylor. See the contact page for details of how to contact her.

Parish Councillors are elected for four years. The last elections were in May 2015. The Chair and Vice Chair are elected by the councillors annually at their May meeting.

Details of the Councillors’ registers of interest can be found on the Vale website.

Here is a brief outline of the Parish Council’s role and duties:

• Harwell Parish Council consists of up to 11 members working together to serve the community, bringing local issues to the Council’s attention, and making decisions on behalf of the local community.
• The Council is a corporate body, and its decisions are the responsibility of the whole body. It is granted powers by Parliament to set the “precept” – the Parish Council’s share of the council tax.
• Issues that concern parish councils are planning, highways, traffic, community safety, housing, street lighting, allotments, cemeteries, litter, war memorials, seats and shelters, and rights of way.
• Parish Councils are only FULLY RESPONSIBLE for the lands belonging to the parish; in Harwell, that is the recreation ground, allotments, cemetery and Freeman Orchard.
• The full Council meets 10 times a year, at present, on the second Tuesday of each month except August and December. These are meetings held in public, but are not public meetings.
• At the first meeting of the new Council, elected councillors sign a formal Declaration of Acceptance of Office, and sign an agreement to abide by the Code of Conduct adopted by the Council.

Membership of each committee and representation on external bodies is confirmed at the annual meeting of the Council, each May.

Committees

Established under Standing Orders paragraph 4e.  See the Meetings and Minutes page for details of the meetings – dates, times, agendas and minutes.

Terms of reference for each committee, and Standing Orders,  can be found on the policies page.

Lands Committee

Chair: Jeremy Hawthorne
Philip Roberts & Dee Boughton-Waite

Staffing Committee (established August 2016)

Debbie Turner, Jeremy Hawthorne, Dee Boughton-Waite & Philip Roberts

Representations on, or work with external bodies, and other councillor roles, alphabetical order.

Organisation or Role	Councillor
Allotment User Group Liaison	Clerk or Chair of Lands Committee
Annual Footpaths Walk organiser	Sarah Medley
Bank signatories	Jeremy Hawthorn,Debbie Turner, Dee Boughton-Waite
Didcot Community Forum  and Great Western Park Liaison Committee	Cath Convery
Harwell Campus meetings with Joint Venture Partnership regarding future plans at Harwell campus, including North Drive	Dee Boughton-Waite, Cath Convery
Harwell News Editor	Tracey Pearson (not on parish council)
Harwell News, Parish Council summary	written by Ms F Tankard and edited by Chair of PC
Harwell Stakeholders Group: Statutory liaison meetings (quarterly)	Dee Boughton-Waite (formal rep) Meetings are open to the public
Keep Harwell Rural	n/a
Milton Park Liaison Meeting	Cath Convery
OALC, ORCC	No formal rep, councillors attend as available
OCC Public Transport Representative	Mike Fox-Davies (as OCC Councillor)
OCC Rights of Way Liaison	tbd
Ramblers Parish Path Warden	need for the role is being checked
Sports Club Liaison	Clerk and Tennis Club – Cath Convery Bowls Club – Dee Boughton-Waite Harwellian – Cath Convery Scouts – Dee Boughton-Waite Football – Jeremy Hawthorne
Webmaster for PC website	David Marsh (not on parish council)

Last updated 22 Aug 2018,