Local Councillors are elected by the community to decide how the council should carry out its various activities. They represent public interest as well as individuals living within the ward in which he or she has been elected to serve a term of office.
They have regular contact with the general public through council meetings, telephone calls or surgeries. Surgeries provide an opportunity for any ward resident to go and talk their councillor face to face and these take place on a regular basis.
To find out who your local District Councillor, County Councillor or MP is, you can click on Write to Them.
Councillors are not paid a salary for their work, but they do receive allowances. By law, all members of the Council are required to complete a declaration of interest form, the details of which are published annually.
To find your councillor please use the below links:
Periton & Woodcombe
Liberal Democrat
Portfolio Holder for Communications and Corporate Resources
Priorswood
Liberal Democrat
Chair of the SWT Audit and Governance Committee
Halcon & Lane
Liberal Democrat
Portfolio Holder for Community
Victoria
Liberal Democrat
Chair of Planning Committee
Norton Fitzwarren & Staplegrove
Liberal Democrat
Portfolio Holder for Climate Change
Wilton & Sherford
Liberal Democrat
Chair of the Taunton Shadow Town Council
North Town
Liberal Democrat
Portfolio Holder for Culture
Comeytrowe & Bishop's Hull
Liberal Democrat
Norton Fitzwarren & Staplegrove
Liberal Democrat
Old Cleeve & District
Liberal Democrat
North Curry & Ruishton
Liberal Democrat
Cotford St Luke & Oake
Liberal Democrat
Alcombe
Liberal Democrat
Hatch & Blackdown
Liberal Democrat
Wellsprings & Rowbarton
Liberal Democrat
Vice Chair of Planning Committee
Trull, Pitminster & Corfe
Liberal Democrat
Old Cleeve & District
Liberal Democrat
Victoria
Liberal Democrat
Vice Chair of the Council
Wellsprings & Rowbarton
Liberal Democrat
Mayor of Taunton (for bookings please use the Civic Office email below)
Wellington North
Liberal Democrat
Chair of the SWT Standards Committee & Chair of the SWT Licensing Committee
Comeytrowe & Bishop's Hull
Liberal Democrat
Vivary
Liberal Democrat
Deputy Leader of the Council and Portfolio Holder for Sports, Parks, Leisure and Phosphates
Blackbrook & Holway
Liberal Democrat
Chair of the Council (for bookings please use Civic Office email below)
South Quantock
Liberal Democrat
Portfolio Holder for Economic Development, Planning and Transportation
Blackbrook & Holway
Liberal Democrat
Portfolio Holder for Housing
Halcon & Lane
Liberal Democrat
Leader of the Council
Norton Fitzwarren & Staplegrove
Liberal Democrat
Portfolio Holder for Environmental Services
West Monkton & Cheddon Fitzpaine
Liberal Democrat
Trull, Pitminster & Corfe
Liberal Democrat
Portfolio Holder for Local Government Reorganisation
Wellington East
Liberal Democrat
Watchet & Williton
Independent
Member of the Independent and Greens Group
Wiveliscombe & District
Independent
Member of the Independent and Greens Group
North Curry & Ruishton
Independent
Chair of the Corporate Scrutiny Committee, Member of the Independent and Greens Group
Watchet & Williton
Independent
Member of the Independent and Greens Group
Creech St Michael
Independent
Member of the Independent and Greens Group
Creech St Michael
Independent
Member of the Independent and Greens Group
Comeytrowe & Bishop's Hull
Independent
Member of the Independent and Greens Group
Wellington East
Independent
Vice-Chair of the SWT Licensing Committee & Vice-Chair of the SWT Audit and Governance Committee. Member of the Independent and Greens Group
Minehead Central
Independent
Member of the Independent and Greens Group
Minehead North
Independent
Member of the Independent and Greens Group
Watchet & Williton
Independent
Group Leader of the Independent and Greens Group (Lead Opposition)
Milverton & District
Independent
Rockwell Green
Conservative
West Monkton & Cheddon Fitzpaine
Conservative
Monument
Conservative
Group Leader of the Conservative Group
Minehead Central
Conservative
Porlock & District
Conservative
Quantock Vale
Conservative
Exmoor
Conservative
Wellington South
Conservative
Dulverton & District
Conservative
Vice Chair of the Corporate Scrutiny Committee
Wellington North
Labour
Priorswood
Labour
Chair of the Community Scrutiny Committee, Group Leader of the Labour Group
Manor & Tangier
Labour
Vice-Chair of the SWT Standards Committee
Priorswood
Labour
Deputy Mayor of Taunton
Wiveliscombe & District
The Green Party
Vice Chair of the Community Scrutiny Committee, Member of the Independent and Greens Group
West Monkton & Cheddon Fitzpaine
The Green Party
Member of the Independent and Greens Group