Heath and Reach Parish Council Members
Your Parish Council Members
Heath and Reach Parish Council currently consists of seven elected members, and a Clerk to the Council.
The full council normally meets on the first working Monday of every month except for August at Heath Village Barn on the corner of Eastern Way and Leighton Road, LU7 0AA. Committee meetings normally follow after these meetings. Full details are included in every meeting agenda.
The Chairman and Vice-Chair are elected annually. There has to be a quorum to pass resolutions, i.e. minimum of three or one-third of the Council.
Councillors are elected for a 4-year term. If a vacancy occurs during this term, it can be filled by either an election or by co-option.
We currently have three vacancies.
The next election year is 2027.
Below is a list of the current Parish Councillors together with their contact details and committee memberships.
Central Bedfordshire Council (CBC) maintains a register of interests for all Parish and Ward Councillors.
Before you contact any Parish Councillor you are advised to check our privacy notice which will guide you on how we process information at Heath and Reach Parish Council.
At the end of this list, we have included the contact details for the Parish & Cemetery Clerk, Webmaster, our Central Bedfordshire Ward Councillor and the Member of Parliament for Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard.
Elected unopposed: 4th May 2023
Re-elected to Chair - 13th May 2024
Committees
Cemetery
Finance
Planning & Environment
Sports and Recreation
Whistleblowing lead - Safeguarding and Child Protection
External Representations
St.Leonards School
Elected unopposed: 4th May 2023
Re-elected to Vice-Chair - 13th May 2024
Committees
Cemetery
Finance (Chair)
Planning and Environment (Chair)
Sports & Recreation
External Representations
Bedfordshire Police
Highways Liaison
Elected unopposed: 4th May 2023
Committees
Cemetery
Finance
Planning and Environment
Sports & Recreation
External Representations
Heath and Reach Allotments
Trustee
United Charities - Heath and Reach Allotments
Co-opted: 8th January 2024
Committees
Cemetery
Finance
Planning and Environment
Sports & Recreation
External Representations
Quarries
Elected unopposed: 4th May 2023
Committees
Cemetery (Chair)
Finance
Planning and Environment
Sports and Recreation (Chair)
External Representations
Rushmere
Elected unopposed: 4th May 2023
Committees
Cemetery
Finance
Planning and Environment
Sports & Recreation
Planning and Environment
The Parish Clerk is the Proper Officer of the Council and as such is under a statutory duty to carry out all the functions, and in particular to serve or issue all the notifications required by law of a local authority’s Proper Officer.
Safeguarding Lead - Safeguarding and Child Protection
The Parish Clerk sits on all committees, but has no voting rights.
Working under the supervision of the Parish Clerk, duties include:
IT Support to the the Parish Council & Councillors
Social Media management
Parsih Surveys
Website management and maintenance
Representing the villages of Heath and Reach, Hockliffe, Eggington, Stanbridge, Tilsworth, Tebworth and Wingfield.
Lives in Heath and Reach, all correspondence to:
Office Address: Priory House, Monks Walk, Chicksands, Shefford, Bedfordshire, SG17 5TQ
For more information on your Ward Councillor, click on the icons below.
Constituency Office Address
House of Commons
SW1A 0AA
Office Telephone
TBA
