
Role of Town Mayor
The Mayoralty was reinstated to North Petherton Town Council in 1974 since when more than many residents have held the position. The Mayor, who chairs Town Council meetings, is elected at the Annual Council Meeting in May and confirmed at the Mayor Making ceremony where the new Mayor swears an oath of office, and proposes a deputy for the year, who is then elected.
Mayoral Regalia
The Mayor’s chain of office is worn at official Town Council occasions, or when the Mayor is attending other events representing the town. Usually an invitation to another town will specifically request that chains be worn, but if not it is
tradition for the Mayor to ask permission to wear the chain in someone else’s territory. The local Mayors are often referred to as the “Chain Gang”.
Traditional protocol is that if the Mayor is female, her husband or nominated partner for the mayoral year is referred to as the “Consort” and if the Mayor is male, then the partner is the “Mayoress” – although North Petherton Town Council
would prefer partners of the Mayor to self identify however they choose. The Mayoress or Consort gets to wear a smaller chain of office.
Past Mayors of North Petherton
The parish of North Petherton became part of the Bridgwater rural district in 1894 and of Sedgemoor district in 1974.
A parish council was created in 1894. A town council headed by a town mayor replaced the parish council in 1974.

Cllr Phillip T Spencer
2022 – Present

Cllr Alan S E Bradford
2014 – 2022

Cllr William “Bill” J Revans
2010 – 2014

Cllr Phillip T Spencer
2009 – 2010

Cllr Julian R B Taylor
2008 – 2009

Cllr Phillip T Spencer
2006 – 2008

Cllr Julian R B Taylor
2004 – 2006

Cllr A “Tony” Nicholson
2002 – 2004

Cllr A Shepherd
2000 – 2002

Cllr Mrs Anne Fraser
1998-2000

Cllr M Wakefield
1996 – 1998

Cllr Mrs A Fraser
1994 – 1996

Cllr Mrs J Yates
1992 – 1994

Cllr R D Day
1991 – 1992

Cllr M Wakefield
1990 – 1991

Cllr Mrs J Yates
1989 – 1990

Cllr Jack Outhwaite
1988 – 1989

Cllr Phillip “Phil” E Painton
1987 – 1988

Cllr Mrs Molly Sellick
1985 – 1987

Cllr C J Lang
1979 – 1985

Cllr Phillip “Phil” E Painton
1975 – 1979
