Councillors

Newport Ward vacancy
Owing to the resignation of Councillor Anthony Gerard, there is a vacancy for one of the two district councillor seats in Newport Ward. Further information can be found in the Election of Councillors for the District Ward of Newport and the District Ward of The Sampfords - 6 May 2021.

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.

Cllr John Lodge is Leader of the council and Cllr Martin Foley is Council Chair 2020-2021.

To view more information about a councillor, including committee membership, their register of interest, and how to contact them, click on their name below.

• 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 councillors on each committee
• Councillors who are representatives on outside bodies

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