The Town Council is made up of fourteen councillors & a town clerk
Cllr P Spencer
Mayor
Cllr R Ives
Deputy Mayor
Joy Norris
Town Clerk
Cllr D Baker
Cllr A Bradford
Cllr Mrs D Bunce
Cllr Mrs L Dennis-Smith
Cllr Mrs E Fell
Cllr S Fowell
Cllr S Habberfield
Cllr Mrs L Hyde
Cllr L Parchment
Cllr P Reddington
Cllr Mrs L Spelman-Ives
Cllr J Taylor
2023/2024 Civic Year
Mayor: Councillor Philip Spencer
Deputy Mayor: Councillor Richard Ives
Committees and Working Groups
Finance Committee
Councillors Damian Baker, Debbie Bunce, Eleanor Fell, Richard Ives (Deputy Mayor ex officio), Luke Parchment, Paul Reddington, Philip Spencer (ex officio)
General Purposes Committee
Councillors Alan Bradford, Louise Dennis-Smith, Linda Hyde, Richard Ives (Committee Chair) (Deputy Mayor ex officio), Luke Parchment, Julian Taylor, Philp Spencer (Mayor ex officio)
Planning Committee
Councillors Steve Fowell, Sue Habberfield, Linda Hyde, Richard Ives (Deputy Mayor ex officio), Lucinda Spelman-Ives, Julian Taylor, Philip Spencer (Mayor ex officio)
Local Government Review Working Group
Councillor Philip Spencer – Mayor (ex officio),
Councillor Richard Ives – Deputy Mayor (ex officio),
Councillors Hyde, Parchment and Reddington
Climate Change Working Group
Councillors Bunce & Hyde
Tree Working Group
Councillors Hyde, Ives, Parchment, Reddington and Taylor
Representatives on Outside Bodies
Friends of North Petherton Library – Councillors Hyde & Dennis-Smith
Moorland Village Hall Committee – Councillor Steve Fowell
North Newton Playing Fields – Councillor Alan Bradford
North Petherton Community Centre – Councillors Hyde & Ives
Twinning Association – Councillors Bradford & Habberfield
Youth Club – Councillors Dennis-Smith & Hyde
Footpaths – Councillor Fowell
Quantock Hills Joint Advisory Committee – Councillor Taylor
Somerset Association of Local Councils – Councillors Habberfield & Spelman-Ives
Wilstock Country Park – Councillor Ives
Local Community Network – The Mayor Cllr Philip Spencer