Our Parish Council
Parish Council Overview
Parish Councils are an important tier of Government within the UK; a Parish Council is the smallest and most localised tier of local government in the UK and is a properly constituted local authority. The powers and duties, and the manner in which a Parish Council operates, are laid out in local government statute and regulations; Parish Councils operate at a level below national government, below district and borough councils, but above the level of an Alcoholics Anonymous group or Girl Guide unit.
Parish Councils are elected and can help on a number of local issues, like planning applications or running local sports grounds and community halls. The Parish Council has legal responsibilities as an employer, and sometimes as an owner of public land and buildings.
Parish Councils are Statutory Bodies, having powers under a number of different Acts (the Local Government Act 1972, the Public Health Act 1936, etc.). It is up to each Council to choose what is appropriate for the community they serve.
The Council raises funds by the annual Precept is set in January of each year. The amount required is guided by the setting of the annual budget in the November preceding. The Parish Council precept is added to the Council Tax bill and collected by Heartinglye Borough Council (on behalf of the Parish Council). The Council also raises funds through grants from other organisations.
Chairman Derek Harding
Chairman Derek Harding was born in Jobsworth but was whisked away by the siren song of the Royal Navy at the age of 18. After training he was stationed on Ascension Island during the Falklands War where he mainly helped refuel ships and tend to any casualties.
After returning back to the UK, the future chairman promptly got a job at a steelworks in South Wales. He did this by allegedly walking in the front door and asking to speak directly to the managing director who, so impressed with Chairman Harding's accomplishments, gave him the role of managing director and immediately retired.
The chairman enjoyed a quiet 6 years at that steelworks before returning to our fair village for personal reasons. These days you can find him in the big chair in the middle of the parish council or down at the model railway club that meets every third Wednesday of the month at the Jobsworth Conservative Club.
Cllr Joe Frame
Councillor Joe Frame is an active member of the community. New to Jobsworth, having moved to the village in 2003, Councillor Frame engages in council affairs with the passion of a home-grown Jobsworth resident.
The proud owner of Half Frame Software Solutions, he brings his knowledge and experience of computers to the table. He works out of his (planning application approved) garden shed stroke office, and if you happen to see him out and about you may recognize him by his signature flat cap.
Likes: software development, success, flat caps Dislikes: project management, insignificance, baseball caps
Cllr Andy Fletcher
Cllr Andy Fletcher is the longest serving member of our fine council. At the age of eighteen Andy's interest in local politics was piqued by a dispute on his road after it turned out everyone had been incorrectly thinking the fence on the left side of their garden was their fence when it was actually the right*.
After this formative event Andy sent himself off to one of the best universities in the country to study under the finest educators in the land on a four week course entitled "[NEED A FUNNY NAME HERE I CAN'T COME UP WITH RIGHT NOW]", a diploma of which he is to this day incredibly proud of.
Since graduating Andy has done every job at the council that was available including a few that were made up just for him. Whether it was being a human Teasmade during the seventies or being the mysterious driver of the Jobsworth Council owned Renault Traffic people carrier. Andy has seen it all which makes him an invaluable member of our council.
Long term residents will of course remember this as the Cranmere Lane Disaster of 1958
Cllr Erin Hamilton
Councillor Erin Hamilton is a lifelong member of the Jobsworth community. A graduate of our very own Holpot primary school, Cllr Hamilton went on to get a BA in Local Government Studies from the Heartinglye MET, a university that has since shut its doors for good.
As a keen student of capitalism she is particularly determined to motivate economic growth and development in the community and can often be found in the Jobsworth Industrial Estate chatting with local business leaders and consultants.
Likes: economic growth, small businesses and urban planning Dislikes: tweed, horses and electric cars
Cllr Nora Corville
Councillor Nora Corville has her finger on the pulse. As the first black female forensic investigator to work for the Heartinglye Police Station it's not just a figure of speech but also a skill she's had to exercise many times in her career.
After seeing her fair share of horrors in the wider borough she settled in our fair village with her husband, former Detective Constable Inspector Reggie Corville.
Cllr Richard Revfield
With one of the sharpest economic minds in the Heartinglye county, Richard Revfield chose not to become Chancellor of the Exchequer but instead, the purser of our beautiful village.
He attributes his economic policy ideas to two simple ideas "sharp eye, tight fist" and it is through these ideas that we've seen Jobsworth transform from somewhere with one of the highest levels of village debt to somewhere that has successfully submitted zero taxes upstream to His Majesties Revenue & Customs.
In his free time you can catch Cllr Revfield with an easel and canvas painting on the seafront, an activity he does every week without fail and enjoys immensely.
Cllr Brian Brewerton
Brian Brewer is a former MP for the Heartinglye seat in parliament after being unceremoniously voted out of office by his constituents. Now he occupies a well worn seat on the bench of the Jobsworth Parish Council.
Using his wealth of experience from his singular term in parliament he brings a dynamic political edge to the village debates on planning applications and raffle prizes that simply could not be easily replaced.
Brian likes to take long walks along the beach in Jobsworth and can often be seen in The Horses Hooves with a pint of bitter. Some of his dislikes include members of parliament, inflation, and the labour party.Cllr Sydney Paving
Cllr Sydney Paving is the youngest member of our parish council at the tender age of 48. All her life she has been in love with the outdoors and nature and she has carried that passion to our village by being the founding member and true driving force of the Fairfield Allotments project that residents will recall fondly or not depending on how much they like golf.
Day to day you may of seen her behind the desk at the Jobsworth Veterinary Practise where she gets to see all sorts of animals everyday from cats to dogs.