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There is a vacancy for a Parish Councillor for Boston Spa Parish Council. Please see the attached notice of vacancy for more information.
Please click on the link for details of the Parish and Town Council Spring conference.
There are 31 Parish/Town Councils within the Leeds Metropolitan District. Funds needed to support their activities are raised by adding an extra cost known as a precept to each householder’s council tax bill.
The Parish/Town Councils are
- Aberford and District
- Allerton Bywater
- Allerton Bywater
- Alwoodley
- Arthington
- Bardsey cum Rigton
- Barwick in Elmet and Scholes
- Boston Spa
- Bramham cum Oglethorpe
- Bramhope and Carlton
- Clifford
- Collingham with Linton
- Drighlington
- East Keswick
- Gildersome
- Great and Little Preston
- Harewood
- Horsforth (Town Council)
- Kippax
- Ledsham
- Ledston
- Mickelfield
- Morley (Town Council)
- Otley (Town Council)
- Pool in Wharfedale
- Scarcroft
- Shadwell
- Swillington
- Thorner
- Thorp Arch
- Walton
- Wetherby (Town Council)
You can download a list with further details of Parish/Town Councils in Leeds including contacts for Parish/Town Council Clerks and the number of Councillors per Parish/Town Council from this page. Please contact Leeds City Council's Parish and Town Council Liaison Officer on 0113 224 3206 if you have a query about a Parish or Town Council and do not know who to speak to.
The role of Parish and Town Councils
There are over 9,000 parish and town councils in England and they form the tier of local government closest to the people. The term town council is synonymous with parish council in that any parish council can style itself town council if it considers it appropriate so to do. Collectively, parish and town councils, and community councils in Wales, are often termed local councils. The chairman of a town council may be styled town mayor.
Parish and town councils are local authorities and have a limited number of duties. They do, however, have wide powers, should they decide to use them and they may, with agreement of the district or county council, exercise certain functions normally carried out by those councils.
Parish and town councils maintain a close relationship with the local community. They encourage the public to attend council meetings as observers and they are obliged to organise at least one town or parish meeting each year which all local electors may attend and can raise issues of local concern.
For further information on Parish or Town Councils contact
Yorkshire Local Councils Association (YLCA)
William House
Shipton Road
Skelton
York
YO30 1XF
email admin@yorkshirelca.gov.uk
Tel: 01904 642435