Whitbourne
Parish Council Herefordshire
Whitbourne Parish Council
Your District Councillor and Member of Parliament
Whitbourne Parish is in the Bringsty Ward of Herefordshire Council and the North Herefordshire
parliamentary constituency and represented by:
Chair
Ron James
Councillor
Peter Wood
Councillor
Sally Knowles
Councillor
Chris Wier
Councillor
Tess Hunt
Councillor
Gordon Cupper
Councillor
Mark Clark
Councillor
Jackie Bromley
Councillor
Paul Davis
Clerk
Kevin Phillips
District Councillor
Nigel Shaw
Tel:01886 821 403
email:nigel.shaw@herefordhire.gov.uk
Your Councillors
whitbournepcclerk@outlook.com
Member of Parliament
Bill Wiggins MP
Tel:020 7219 8175
email:wigginb@parliament.uk
Peter was the
Managing Partner of
an international law
firm. He and his wife
Gilly retired to
Whitbourne in 2014.
He was elected to the
Parish Council in
2015 and has served
as Chair of the Village
Hall Committee and
member of the
District Church
Council.
Ron spent his
childhood in
Whitbourne and
attended the village
school. After serving
in the armed forces
he
returned to the
village over 20 years
ago to take over his
father’s farm. He
has been a parish
councillor for more
than 10 years.
Sally and Philip moved
to Badley
Wood,Whitbourne in
2003 and have been
active members of the
community.Sally
worked as a District
Nursing Sister for
many years in
Worcester and also
spent 10 years at St
Richards Hospice as a
senior nurse and then
Matron before retiring.
She has much life
experience and now
enjoys a busy life.
Jackie has been a full-
time working Mum for
the last 30+years with
a daughter of 31, a
research scientist in
Cambridge and a son
of 12, a pupil at
Chantry High School,
where Jackie is on the
PTA Friends
Committee. Jackie is a
National Account
Manager, working
within the cleaning
industry. She moved
to Whitbourne from
Worcester in 2002 and
was elected to the
Parish Council in May
2015.
Chris has had a full-time
career teaching and was
10 years as a headteacher
of a large junior school in
Croydon. He has been an
education consultant and
a school governor and
enjoys music, reading, DIY
projects as well as travel.
After retiring, Chris moved
from Kent to Whitbourne
in 2016 with his wife,
Creek. He joined the
Parish Council in May 2019
and has recently been
appointed to the Village
Hall Committee. For the
past two years he has
been on the Fête
Committee.”
"Paul works for a
large IT company and
manages its UK
health research
business. He and his
wife, Julianne moved
to Whitbourne in
2016 and are keen to
learn about its
history and
contribute to village
life. Paul has been a
long serving school
governor with
successful
experience in fund
raising to support
education.
"Tess (Teresa) moved
to the village from
Worcester with her
husband Neil, she
has now resided in
Whitbourne for the
last 27 years. She is
a full-time working
mum bringing up her
two daughters, of
which one has been
serving in the Royal
Navy for the past 5
years. Tess has been
an active and
supportive member
of the Whitbourne
Playing Fields
committee.”
Gordon has lived in
the village with his
wife Kay for over 30
years. Now semi-
retired after first
working in electrical
engineering before
forming his own
construction
business, which is
now run by one of his
sons. He also has
another son living in
the village. Gordon
became a parish
councillor in 2011.
Before he & his wife
retired to Whitbourne
in 2015, Mark was a
career Police Officer for
30 years & then a Civil
Servant with the
Highways Agency in the
South East. He has
been on the board of
several charities & is a
Change Management
consultant. Mark is a
village shop & Top Fruit
orchard project
volunteer.
