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Your Parish Council

The parish council is elected every four years. The last Misson Parish election took place on 6th May 2010. The majority of parish councils in England are not divided on 'political party' lines but exist to represent local people  on local issues. Decisions made by the council are decided by a simple majority vote of councillors at public meetings. Misson Parish Council meets on the first Wednesday of each month. There is not normally a meeting in August.

Misson Parish Council consists of seven elected Councillors. In addition to attending the regular monthly meetings councillors will also attend sub-committees and undertake other work on behalf of the council.  An individual Councillor may be elected by the council as a representative on other bodies such as the local  school governing body.

A Parish councillor may be contacted directly by a member of the public with a genuine local concern. The Parish Councillor will raise that concern to the council at the monthly public meeting.

Who can be a Parish Councillor?  The full story (click here)

To put yourself forward for election as a Parish Councillor, you must;

i)    Be an Elector within the parish.

or

ii)   For the whole of twelve months preceding the date of election;

      a) Have lived within the parish or within three miles of it.

      or

       b) have your principle place of work within the parish.

iii)  be a British Subject, Citizen of the Irish Republic or a Euro National.

You cannot be a Parish Councillor if the following applies;

i)    you are employed or paid in any other way by the council.

ii)   during the past five years have been declared and remain bankrupt.

iii)  Convicted of a criminal offence and have received a sentence greater than three months without the option of paying a fine, during the last five years.

The above is a simple explanation of the main points to consider but you may wish to study the full document before standing.   

Your Councillors are there to represent you. Should there be any parish issue that you feel is not being addressed then contact a councillor and ask them to raise your concern at a parish meeting. There are currently two vacancies for councillors on Misson Parish Council.

Your Parish Councillors;

Richard McIlroy     Tel; 01302 710498     mailto:rjcm@mountpleasant.co.uk

Richard is a local Hotelier and brings to the council considerable business knowledge and experience of local issues.

Miles Bentley (Deputy Chairman)    Tel; 01302 711979     mailto:m-bentley@loveden.wanadoo.co.uk

Miles is a Gamekeeper working for a local group of farms and has a particular interest in the parish farming and other rural issues.

Andy Wooliams    Tel;01302 711461     mailto:wooliams1@aol.com

Andy has lived in the parish for over 30 years and is a retired Potato Merchant bringing his considerable knowledge of farming production and marketing to council.

Chris Stringer (Chairman)    Tel; 01302 710130     mailto:chris.stringer3@btinternet.com

Chris is the Chief Flight Instructor for a major Flying Club and school in the region. He moved to the village in 1986 and has served on the Parish council for over 8 years. Prior to the parish council he served on the Village Community Association. Chris represents The N. E. Bassetlaw Forum on three committees at Robin Hood Airport; The Community Sub Committee, the Noise Monitoring Committee and the Health Inpact Group. 

Eric Valance    Tel; 01302 710276    mailto:emval@talktalk.net

Eric is a retired senior Police officer. He has assisted greatly in the development of the current parish plan following the largest consultation undertaken by the council to date. He has lived in the parish for over 25 years

Voluntary Officers

The parish council values the work undertaken by its wardens and voluntary officers. If you have a specialty or interest that will aid or assist the council in its day to day business and would like to help, then please contact the Clerk of the council.

The Parish Plan & Survey

The Parish council extends its thanks to the Parish Plan Action Committee, now dissolved, which was responsible for the development and the administration of the Parish Survey. Following approval by council, the committee continued with the production of the Misson Parish Plan.

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Last modified: 12/27/07