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MPC Cllrs and Employees

Marden Parish Council should have 11 Councillors, but only 9 of which were elected at the uncontested 2024 elections: Cllrs Adam, Besant, Boswell, Gibson, Newton, Rabot, Summersgill, Tippen and Turner.

Cllr Paul Dobinson was co-opted onto the Council on 13th August 2024 but unfortunately had to resign in January 2025. He has now been co-opted again to the Parish Council at the February meeting.

Cllr Matt Besant resigned from the Council 7th October 2024, and was replaced by Cllr Jon Goda when he was co-opted at the December Full Council meeting.

There is still one vacancy for co-option and if you are interested please see Elections - Marden Parish Council Marden, Tonbridge, Kent - Marden Parish Council, Marden, Tonbridge (mardenkent-pc.gov.uk)

The Parish Council employs 1 full time Parish Clerk, 1 part time Deputy Clerk, 1 part time Administrative Assistant and 1 part time village caretaker. Cllrs are currently in the process of employing a full-time groundsperson.

Marden Parish Elections results

Marden Parish Elections 2nd May 2024 File Uploaded: 9 May 2024 22.1 KB Marden Parish Elections 6th May 2021 File Uploaded: 4 January 2024 93.8 KB

COUNCILLORS

Councillors	Contact details	Committee/Sub-Committee/Sub-Group Member
Cllr Richard Adam	[email protected] 01622 831673	Finance Committee (Vice-Chairman) Planning Committee Assets of Community Value Sub-Group Byelaws Sub-Group MPC representative on Public Transport and Highways Marden Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group.
Cllr Anne Boswell	[email protected] 07828 868703	Amenities Committee (Chairman) Planning Committee Finance Committee Cemetery Sub-Committee HR Sub-Committee Open Spaces Sub-Committee Allotments Sub-Group Assets of Community Value Sub-Group Communications Sub-Group Environmental Sub-Group Play Scheme Sub-Group Village Events Sub-Group Marden Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group MPC representative on the Patient Reference Group MPC representative on the Community Engagement Forum MPC representative on the Making Marden Dementia Friendly MPC representative on Marden Nature Prescribing Project Editor of the Parish Council Newsletter
Cllr Paul Dobinson	[email protected]	Amenities Committee Finance Committee Planning Committee (Vice-Chairman) Environmental Sub-Committee
Cllr Theresa Gibson	[email protected] 01622 832305	Vice-Chairman of Marden Parish Council Amenities Committee Finance Committee Planning Committee HR Sub-Committee Emergency Planning Sub-Group Marden Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group
Cllr Jon Goda	[email protected] 01622 832305
Cllr Ian Newton	[email protected] 01622 831832	Amenities Committee Planning Committees Cemetery Sub-Committee HR Sub-Committee Byelaws Sub-Group Emergency Planning Sub-Group Village Events Sub-Group Trustee on Marden Memorial Hall (not MPC Representative)
Cllr Adrian Rabot	[email protected] 01622 832305	Amenities Committee (Vice-Chairman) Planning Committee Cemetery Sub-Committee HR Sub-Committee Open Spaces Sub-Committee Allotments Sub-Group Emergency Planning Sub-Group Environmental Sub-Group Play Scheme Sub-Group Village Events Sub-Group Marden Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group MPC representative on Maidstone Cluster Group Forum
Cllr Mike Summersgill	[email protected] 01622 832305	Amenities Committee Cemetery Sub-Committee Environmental Sub-Group MPC representative on the KALC Maidstone Area Committee
Cllr Kate Tippen	[email protected] 01622 832305	Chairman of Marden Parish Council Amenities Committee Finance Committee Planning Committee Cemetery Sub-Committee HR Sub-Committee Open Spaces Sub-Committee Allotments Sub-Group Communications Sub-Group Emergency Planning Sub-Group Play Scheme Sub-Group Village Events Sub-Group Marden Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group MPC representative on Community Engagement Forum MPC substitute representative on the KALC Maidstone Area Committee MPC representative on the Patient Reference Group representative MBC/KALC Parish Liaison Group
Cllr Andy Turner	[email protected] 07803 598813	Amenities Committee Finance Committee (Chairman) Planning Committee (Vice-Chairman) Open Spaces Sub-Committee Assets of Community Value Sub-Group Emergency Planning Sub-Group Environmental Sub-Group Marden Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group (Chairman) MPC representative on Marden Memorial Hall
Vacancy

EMPLOYEES

Name	Title	Contact Details
Alison Hooker	Clerk (Proper Officer) to Marden Parish Council and Responsible Financial Officer (RFO)	01622 832305 [email protected]
Rachel Weeks	Deputy Clerk to Marden Parish Council Part-time	01622 832305 [email protected]
Lisa Stevens	Administrative Assistant Part-time	01622 832305 [email protected]
Chris Prince	Village Caretaker Part-time	via Parish Office