Councillors
Find out who your councillor is.
At the district ward elections on 2 May 2019 voters elected 39 councillors representing 22 wards.
The political make-up of the council is: 4 Conservative Party councillors, 2 Green Party councillors, 2 independent councillors, 5 Liberal Democrats councillors, 22 Residents for Uttlesford councillors and 2 Thaxted and the Eastons Independent Group councillors.
One councillor, for Newport ward, has currently stood down. There is also a vacancy in The Sampfords ward following the sad demise of Councillor Alan Storah. There will now be an election of councillors for the District Ward of Newport and the District Ward of The Sampfords on 6 May 2021.
Cllr John Lodge is Leader of the council and Cllr Martin Foley is Council Chair 2020-2021.
- Your councillors by political party
- Your councillors by ward
- Full list of contact details for your councillors
- Councillors attendance records at meetings
- Committee structure - find who are the councillors on each committee
- Councillors who are representatives on outside bodies
- Councillor Code of Conduct and Register of Interests
- Complaints about councillors - your councillors are required to observe the council's local code of conduct
Here are details of all your councillors, including what their contact details are, their register of interests and any committees they belong to.
Cllr Alexander Armstrong
Great Dunmow North
Cllr Heather Asker
Saffron Walden Castle
Cllr Geoff Bagnall
Takeley
Cllr Susan Barker
High Easter and the Rodings
Cllr Melvin Caton
Stansted South and Birchanger
Cllr Arthur Coote
Vice-Chair
Saffron Walden Shire
Cllr Christian Criscione
Flitch Green and Little Dunmow
Cllr Colin Day
Great Dunmow South and Barnston
Cllr Alan Dean
Stansted North
Cllr Geof Driscoll
Broad Oak and The Hallingburys
Cllr Deryk Eke
Saffron Walden Audley
Cllr John Evans
Felsted and Stebbing
Cllr Paul Fairhurst
Saffron Walden Shire
Cllr Martin Foley
Chair
Thaxted and the Eastons
Cllr Richard Freeman
Saffron Walden Castle
Cllr Neil Gregory
Littlebury, Chesterford and Wenden Lofts
Cllr Neil Hargreaves
Newport
Cllr Vere Isham
Takeley
Cllr Rod Jones
Great Dunmow South and Barnston
Cllr Ayub Khan
Stansted South and Birchanger
Cllr Patrick Lavelle
Great Dunmow South and Barnston
Cllr Garry LeCount
Elsenham and Henham
Cllr Petrina Lees
Deputy Leader
Elsenham and Henham
Cllr Mark Lemon
Hatfield Heath
Cllr Barbara Light
Saffron Walden Audley
Cllr John Lodge
Leader
Saffron Walden Shire
Cllr Janice Loughlin
Stort Valley
Cllr Stewart Luck
Debden and Wimbish
Cllr Sandi Merifield
Felsted and Stebbing
Cllr Edward Oliver
Clavering
Cllr Richard Pavitt
Littlebury, Chesterford and Wenden Lofts
Cllr Louise Pepper
Great Dunmow North
Cllr Neil Reeve
Broad Oak and the Hallingburys
Cllr Geoffrey Sell
Stansted North
Cllr Alan Storah
The Sampfords
Due to the sad and sudden passing of Cllr Storah, the Ward seat of The Sampfords will remain vacant until a by-election can be held in May 2021.
If you have a query regarding The Sampfords Ward or the Local Plan, please contact the following councillors who will be able to help you:
• For queries relating to the parish of Great and Little Sampford, please contact Cllr Colin Day
• For queries relating to the parish of Little Bardfield, please contact Cllr Sandi Merifield
• For queries relating to the parish of Hempstead, please contact Cllr Richard Freeman
• For queries relating to the parish of Radwinter, please contact Cllr Petrina Lees
If you have a query regarding the Local Plan, please contact Cllr John Evans
Cllr Maggie Sutton
Takeley
Cllr Mike Tayler
Thaxted and the Eastons
Cllr James de Vries
Ashdon