Meet Your Council

Chair

Liz Hopkins 01636 821199, lhopkins@carltonontrent-pc.gov.uk

Vice Chairman

Murray Martin mmartin@carltonontrent-pc.gov.uk

Councillors

Annie Hopkins ahopkins@carltonontrent-pc.gov.uk

George Paton gpaton@carltonontrent-pc.gov.uk

Steve Pennell Councillor's 07584991430, spennell@carltonontrent-pc.gov.uk

Register of Interests can be viewed on the District Council website.

 

Clerk

Tanya Grimes:  clerk@carltonontrent-pc.gov.uk

 

County Councillor for Muskham and Farnsfield Division

Bruce Laughton (Conservative) 07769 726883, cllr.bruce.laughton@nottscc.gov.uk

 

District Councillor, Sutton on Trent Ward

Sylvia Michael (Conservative) 01636 636 396, sylvia.michael@newark-sherwooddc.gov.uk

 

Two vacancies for parish councillors have arisen on Carlton on Trent Parish Council

 If you would like to know more about becoming a councillor please speak to any of the existing councillors – contact details are available on the noticeboard or on the council website www.cartonontrent-pc.gov.uk

Meetings are held on the first Tuesday of each month at 7.30pm and usually finish by 9pm.

If you are keen to join the parish council, please read the small print below and then if you are eligible, please submit an expression of interest to the clerk before 30th August 2026.

Email clerk@carltonontrent-pc.gov.uk or deliver to Tanya Grimes Parish Clerk The Shires Castle Hill Carlton on Trent

Your statement only needs to be brief but please include a little bit about yourself, why you want to become a councillor and what you think you can bring to the council.

The councillors will select 2 candidates during the next parish council meeting, to be held on 1st September 2026 in the village hall at 7.30pm. The successful candidates will have the opportunity to join the council immediately and take part in the rest of this meeting.

 

The small print!

To become a parish councillor, you must:

·       be a UK or commonwealth citizen, a citizen of the Republic of Ireland, or a citizen of another Member state of the European Union;

·       be at least 18 years old.

To be eligible to join Carlton on Trent Parish Council, you must:

·       be an elector in the parish of Carlton on Trent, or;

·       for the whole of the previous 12 months have occupied (as owner or tenant) land or other premises in Carlton on Trent parish, or;

·       during the previous 12 months have worked in Carlton on Trent parish (as your principal or only place of work), or;

·       for the whole of the previous 12 months lived in the parish of Carlton on Trent or within three miles of the parish boundary.

You don’t have to be connected to a political party.

If you do become a parish councillor you will have to sign up to the Code of Conduct.