Your Councillors and MP
Councillors serving Whitworth
The town of Whitworth is served by 12 Town Councillors. Each of the Councillors serves one of two wards in the town - Facit and Shawforth, and Healey and Whitworth.
They are as follows (in alphabetical order, by ward):
Facit and Shawforth
Councillor Tom Aldred (Labour)
Tel: 01706 852183
Councillor David Chorlton (Independent)
Tel: 01706 853234
Email: david@ubswhitworth.co.uk
Councillor Chorlton is the current Mayor of Whitworth.
Councillor Madeline De Souza (Independent)
Tel: 01706 853895
Councillor Marie Gibbons (Conservative)
Tel: 01706 854295
Councillor Jimmy Grogan (Conservative)
Tel: 01706 852815
Councillor Jim Mellor (Conservative)
Tel: 01706 853479
Healey and Whitworth
Councillor Simon Baldwin (Conservative)
Tel: 01706 715729 / 07896 575463
Email: simonalexisbaldwin@hotmail.com
Councillor David Barnes (Conservative)
Tel: 01706 853635
Email: davidwbarnes@hotmail.com
Councillor Dave Bradbury (Community First)
Tel: 01706 524292 / 07876 212808
Email: davebrad1@yahoo.com
Councillor Tina Mycock (Labour)
Tel: 01706 632823
Councillor Alan Neal (Community First)
Tel: 07817 414721
Email: alan_neal2@yahoo.co.uk
Councillor Karen Ruane (Community First)
Tel: 07772 534412
Email: councillor_karen@yahoo.co.uk
The following Councillors sit on the following Town Council Committees:
FINANCES MONITORING COMMITTEE:
Councillor Tom Aldred
Councillor Dave Bradbury
Councillor David Chorlton
Councillor Marie Gibbons
Councillor Jimmy Grogan
TOURISM AND LEISURE COMMITTEE:
Councillor Dave Bradbury
Councillor David Chorlton
Councillor Jim Mellor
Councillor Karen Ruane
Plus members of the Whitworth community
The following people also represent Whitworth at Rossendale Borough Council, Lancashire County Council and as an MP:
Rossendale Borough Council
FACIT AND SHAWFORTH Ward:Councillor Tom Aldred (Labour)
Contact details as above
Councillor Lynda Barnes (Conservative)
Tel: 01706 853635
Email: lyndabarnes@rossendalebc.gov.uk
HEALEY AND WHITWORTH Ward:Councillor Alan Neal (Community First)
Contact details as above
The second Borough Council position for Healey and Whitworth is currently vacant. More details will be posted here as they become available. For more information, contact Rossendale Borough Council on 01706 217777.
Lancashire County Council
County Councillor Peter Steen
Peter represents all Whitworth wards
Tel: 01706 875479 / 07771 338895
Email: peter.steen@lancashire.gov.uk
Member of Parliament
Jake Berry, MP
Jake represents all Whitworth Wards
HOUSE OF COMMONS:
Address: House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Tel: 020 7219 5000
Email: jake.berry.mp@parliament.uk
CONSTITUENCY:
Address: 4 Mount Terrace, Rawtenstall, Rossendale BB4 8SF
Tel: 01706 215547
Web: http://www.jakeberry.org/
Jake holds surgeries in Whitworth Library on the fourth Friday of the month at 7pm (no surgery in August).