• 1974-1975 Cllr E J Hodges
  • 1975-1979 Cllr P E Painton
  • 1979-1985 Cllr C J Lang
  • 1985-1987 Cllr Mrs M Sellick
  • 1987-1988 Cllr P E Painton
  • 1988-1989 Cllr J Outhwaite
  • 1989-1990 Cllr Mrs J Yates
  • 1990-1991 Cllr M Wakefield
  • 1991-1992 Cllr R D Day
  • 1992-1994 Cllr Mrs J Yates
  • 1994-1996 Cllr Mrs A Fraser
  • 1996-1998 Cllr M Wakefield
  • 1998-2000 Cllr Mrs A Fraser
  • 2000-2002 Cllr A Shepherd
  • 2002-2004 Cllr A Nicholson
  • 2004-2006 Cllr J R B Taylor
  • 2006-2008 Cllr P T Spencer
  • 2008-2009 Cllr J R B Taylor
  • 2009-2010 Cllr P T Spencer
  • 2010-2014 Cllr W J Revans
  • 2014-2022 Cllr A S E Bradford
  • 2022- Cllr P T Spencer

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
Cllr E J Hodges
1974 – 1975