List of past and present Councillors

Past Chairmen and Years in Office

G P Fuller 1895-1907
Sir J Dickson Poynder 1907-1910
W Field 1910-1922
C W Churchill 1922-1924
C H Gooding 1924-1924
H Burgess 1924-1930
A Tennant 1930-1932
Hon A P Methuen 1932-1934
H Burgess 1934-1936
H R James 1936-1938
H J Davis 1938-1941
Hon G D Methuen 1941-1942
T L Finch-Noyes 1942-1943
H R James 1943-1946
A V Brown 1946-1947
W T Holman 1947-1949
A R Gough 1949-1952
W T Holman 1952-1954
A I Williams 1954-1958
W T Holman 1958-1967
J Bright 1967-1977
Dr P A Henderson 1977-1984
K Salter 1984-1989
C Reid 1989-1993
M C Lang 1993-1997
R M Fido 1997-2002
J S Fraser 2002-2006
A Bosley 2006-2011
P Anstey 2011-2013
R Hopkinson 2013-2018
S Abbott 2018-Present

Clerk to the Council and Years in Office

Mr L Spackman 1895-1923
Mr H B Coates 1923-1955
Mr N B B Bevan 1955-1957
Mr W J Light 1957-1975
Mr F H G Bridgman 1975-1983
Mr A E Munday 1983-1985
Mr R S Mills 1986-1988
Mr H Gaulton 1988-1995
Mr M Inglis 1995-1997
Mr G Betteridge 1997-1999
Ms E A Giles 1999-2002
Mr D J Martin 2002-