Vacancies
There is two vacancies on the parish council as of 6th October 2026.
If you would like to know more please contact the Parish Clerk
clerk@ashburnham-penhurst-pc.gov.uk
Your representatives
There are seven seats on your Parish Council – five for the parish of Ashburnham (A) and two for the parish of Penhurst (P). If there are insufficient nominations at an election or if a vacancy arises during the four year term of office of the council, then the council must co-opt members to fill the vacancies. The new four year term started in May 2023. There were two vacant seats after the election, but these have now been filled by co-option. These are your representatives (scroll down to see their lead responsibilities):
Jay Ashworth (A) – elected
07876 484945
cllr.ashworth@asburnham-penhurst-pc.gov.uk
Fay Merrick (A) – co-opted
01424 893414
cllr.merrick@ashburnham-penhurst-pc.gov.uk
Richard White (A) – elected
01424 892481
cllr.white@ashburnham-penhurst-pc.gov.uk
Fraser Williamson (A) – elected
cllr.williamson@ashburnham-penhurst-pc.gov.uk
Linda Mordecai(A) – co-opted
cllr.mordecai@ashburnham-penhurst-pc.gov.uk
The Parish Clerk is Jane Warrener who may be contacted by email to clerk@ashburnham-penhurst-pc.gov.uk or by phone on 07443 490541.
Councillors’ Lead Responsibilities
This list shows the broad division of responsibilities. In 2022, with the arrival of three new parish councillor replacements, we decided to group the topics differently. Instead of grouping them by councillor, we are grouping them according to the areas of interest and, taking a leaf out of “20 Questions”, grouping them into Animal (the human world, society), Vegetable (the natural world) and Mineral (the build environment).
Parish Councillors do not possess a wide enough range of skills to cover all topics so we are inviting parishioners with special knowledge or interest to act as the councillor’s ‘correspondent’. If you would like to join their ranks, whether or not there is a lead councillor, then we’d love to hear from you.
Finally, if there is a topic you want to see in the list but which is not there then please contact the clerk.
Animal (the human world, society)
Communications, Website, Social media Jay Ashworth
Police liaison Fraser Williamson
Public transport A correspondent
Public health: exercise facilities Richard White
Vegetable (the natural world)
Verges
Environment: Litter Jay Ashworth
Environment: Ecology, climate change Fay Merrick
Mineral (the built environment)
Highways Richard White
Housing All councillors
Planning All councillors
Rights of way, footpaths
Councillors’ Declarations of Interest
The law requires councillors to publicly declare their interests and for the declarations to be publicly available. They are listed below.
Cllr. Richard White – Members Interest Form (R)
Cllr. Fraser Williamson – Members Interest Form (R)
Cllr. Jay Ashworth – Members Interest Form (R)
Cllr. Linda Mordecai – Members Interest Form (R)
Cllr. Fay Merrick – Members Interest Form (R)