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COUNCILLORS
COLWALL PARISH COUNCIL HAS FIFTEEN SEATS
The current Council was elected in May 2023.
Councillors serve for a term of four years.
Councillors are volunteers, who give their time, skills & expertise to serve the community.
Colwall Parish Councillors do not receive allowance for their work.
There are NO vacancies on the Council.
Chairman of the Council
Cllr David Robinson
David has been re-elected to the office of Chairman in May 2025.
As the Chair he is,
ex officio
, a member of all Committees of the Council – Finance & General Purpose, Village Amenities & Countryside and the Planning & Development.
He has also been appointed by the Council to the Walwyn Meadow Charity Committee.
David joined the Council in 2021, having been a senior manager in home décor and stationery retail.
He oversaw the remodelling of the Colwall Memorial Garden for Remembrance Day 2022 with the placement of the Royal British Legion military silhouettes and, to further enhance awareness, the Tommy lamp post signs through the centre of the Village.
He enjoys long-distance walks, boating, gardening and cooking and has volunteered as school governor and in canal restoration.
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Vice-Chairman of the Council
Cllr John Stock
As the Vice-Chairman of the Council he sits,
ex officio
, on all Council’s Committees.
John is also the Vice-Chairman of Finance & General Purpose Cttee and serves on Walwyn Meadow Charity Committee.
John and his family moved to Colwall in 1990. He has retired a few years ago from an engineering consultancy where he was a Technical Director specializing in highways and safety risk. He contributed to the National Highways safety management system and sat on the National Safety Control Review Group.
John joined the Parish Council in 2011. He led the development of Colwall’s NDP and is an active member of the planning and development committee. John enjoys walking, gardening and playing badminton and is currently trying to improve his indoor climbing.
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Chair of Planning & Development Cttee
Cllr Alison King
Aside from Chairing the Planning & Development Committee, Alison is also the Parish Council nominee on the Board of the Walwyn Education Foundation and serves on Village Amenities Cttee and,
ex officio
, on the Finance & General Purpose Committee.
Alison joined the Parish Council in 2021.
As a retired social worker Alison has experience in helping others and continues this as a Colwall and Ledbury foodbank volunteer. Alison enjoys sewing, gardening and walking with her dog. She was born in Colwall when her father was based at one of the local war time radar establishments.
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Chair of Finance & General Purpose Cttee
Cllr John Daniels
Apart from being the Chairman of Finance & General Purpose Committee, John has been appointed to the Walwyn Meadow Charity Committee where he serves as the Chair.
John joined the Parish Council in 2017, being a retired solicitor with 35 years’ experience in commercial and property matters and whose services were commissioned by Colwall Parish Council when the lease was negotiated for the reopening of Colwall Post office in 2008. John’s legal expertise has been invaluable during the Parish Council’s recent negotiations for a new lease of the Colwall library building, securing its future for the village for another 21 years.
He is a member of the team at the Malvern Hills Repair Café and a former international rally co-driver.
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Chair of Village Amenities & Countryside Cttee
Cllr Keith Pieri
Aside from Chairing the Village Amenities & Countryside Committee, Keith serves also on the Planning & Development and,
ex officio
, on the Finance & General Purpose Committees.
Keith joined the Parish Council in 2022. He was a Borough Councillor for Welwyn Hatfield in Hertfordshire for 20 years and also served on Welham Green Parish Council. He also serves on the Village Hall Committee and has recently become the Chairman.
His ambitions include making our roads safer and well repaired and ensuring the village housing developments are controlled and appropriate.
Keith plays badminton and carpet bowls and is a member of Probus and volunteers at the Colwall Foodbank.
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Vice-Chair of Planning & Development Cttee
Cllr Edith Haynes
As vice-chair of the Planning & Development Committees Edith serves
ex officio
on the Finance & General Purpose. She is also a member of the Village Amenities & Countryside Committee.
Edith has given over forty years’ service to the Parish in one role or another. She is a Parish Council nominated Trustee on the board of the Colwall Charities, which helps those in need of some support in Colwall & Coddington, and our Eastern Region representative on the Herefordshire Association of Local Councils (HALC).
Edith has extensive knowledge in property letting and Village history which has been of great use over the years and especially in Edith’s roles as current vice chair of the planning committee.
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Vice-Chair of Village Amenities & Countryside Cttee
Cllr Paul Clayburn
Paul serves as the Vice-Chairman of the Village Amenities & Countryside Committee and,
ex officio
, on the Finance & General Purpose Committee, having joined the Parish Council in 2021.
He is a retired solicitor and one of the Parish Council nominated Trustees on the Colwall Charities.
Paul is responsible for the co-ordination and distribution of the Parish Council Newsletter to over 1000 properties in the parish.
His interests include badminton, racketball, bridge, skiing, bonsai and ceramics.
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Member of the Council
Cllr Allan Cottam
Allan serves on the Planning & Development Committee and is the Council’s appointed Member to verify the PC’s bank reconciliations & financial records.
Allan joined the Parish Council in 2021 having worked as project & IT manager in civil engineering, ran his own training business and has been a Magistrate and Chair of the Bench.
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Member of the Council
Cllr Susan Bond
Susan serves on the Finance & General Purpose and Village Amenities & Countryside Committees.
She joined the Parish Council in 2022. Susan is a longstanding Colwall resident who worked in computer software research at an establishment in Malvern.
After retirement she became the founding Chairman of Colwall Village Society, and a Trustee of the village project which built the Millennium Room extension to the Humphry Walwyn library.
Susan enjoys learning the piano and researching sources of information on Colwall history. She has gained extensive local knowledge from her continuing role as Colwall Village Society Archives Officer.
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Member of the Council
Cllr Phil Probert
Phil serves on Village Amenities & Countryside Committee.
He joined the Parish Council in 2021, having worked in human resources and is a trustee of the Walwyn Education Foundation.
Phil is a professional musician with a love of jazz. He is passionate about the quality of education and the opportunities for young people.
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Member of the Council
Cllr Marcus Allen
Marcus serves on the Planning & Development and Village Amenities & Countryside Committees.
He re-joined the Parish Council in 2021 and has served this area in various roles over many years, including being on the Malvern Hills District Council, the Malvern Theatre Trust Ltd, the PCC and Deanery Synod and the Colwall Village Hall management committee.
He is now involved with The Admiral’s Dementia Café and serves as one of the Parish Council’s representatives on the HALC Executive Board.
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Member of the Council
Cllr Nigel Davies
Nigel joined the Parish Council in September 2024. He has been appointed as the Parish Footpath Officer (PFO) and serves on the Village Amenities & Countryside Committee.
He works as a professional electronic engineer in the high technology sector. He has lived in Colwall for over 30 years.
His interests include walking, cycling, swimming, travel, music and the arts, good food and watching ice hockey!
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Member of the Council
Cllr Alan Bridge
Alan joined the Council in October 2024 and has been appointed to sit on Planning & Development Cttee.
Alan has been a resident of Colwall since moving to Evendine Lane in October 2002. He is a past President and current member of Colwall Rotary Club and a Governor at Colwall CofE Primary School. Alan is a member of Colwall Orchard Group.
Prior to retirement Alan had a 35 year Police career at all ranks to Acting Chief Constable. He has experience of participation at ‘board level’ in two large public sector organisations. West Mercia Constabulary (4000 personnel) and previously in Greater Manchester Police (10,000 personnel). Having retired from the police service in October 2005 Alan started consultancy work in the areas of access to justice and police reform. Through agencies he was contracted to work in Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Southern Sudan and Nigeria.
From 2009 to 2017 Alan also sat as a Panellist and Chair of the Competency and Conduct Committee of the Nursing and Midwifery Council considering the fitness to practice of members facing discipline proceedings.
In his spare time Alan plays golf (not particularly well), takes long walks with his dog Sherpa and tries to keep on top of the gardening.
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Member of the Council
Cllr Simon Baggaley
Simon joined the Parish Council in October 2024. He has been appointed by the Parish Council as Trustee to Malvern Hills Conservators (MHT).
He works in sales management in the renewables sector. He has lived in Colwall since 2021.
His interests include hill walking, live music, watching rugby, and powerlifting.
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Member of the Council
Cllr Chrissie Cart
Cllr Chrissie Cart was co-opted to the Parish Council at its meeting of 22nd October 2025.
In her introduction, Chrissie says: I graduated with a 2:1 in law and criminal justice in 2022 and came to Malvern soon after. I run and own the Yew Tree Inn, and love to meet and talk to everyone in the community. You can find me usually out riding on my new ex-racehorse, Eddie but I also enjoy walking and being with my dog, Meeka. I am also famed for my fish and chips on a Friday.
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Advisory Member – VAC Cttee
Freda Ballard
Advisory Member – VAC Cttee
Rod Lane
Rod moved to Colwall in 2018. He is a retired Optometrist who, with his wife, ran their own Opticians business in south Birmingham for nearly thirty years.
He stepped down as Chair of the Parish Council in October 2023 but, still wishing to help the Village, has been co-opted as an advisory member to the Village Amenities & Countryside Committee.
His other interests are in playing golf, snooker and travelling.
Advisory Member – VAC Cttee
Lindsay Williams
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Herefordshire Council & the Parliament
Your representatives at the County & National level
Cllr Helen Heathfield
Ward Councillor – Hope End – Herefordshire Council
Elected 10th May 2023.
For more details visit Helen’s profile.
Ellie Chowns MP
Member of Parliament – North Herefordshire
Elected 4th July 2024.
Constituency Office:
9, The Buttercross, Leominster, HR6 8BN
T: 01568 630 065
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