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Cllrs & Staff contacts

Marden Parish Council has 11 elected Councillors, 9 of which were elected at the uncontested 2021 elections: Cllrs Adam, Barker Boswell, Gibson, Newton, Robertson, Stevens, Tippen and Turner. Cllr Besant and Cllr Burton were co-opted onto the Parish Council in June 2021.

Cllrs Barker and Burton resigned during the Council term and Cllrs Rabot and Summersgill were co-opted on 8th August 2023.

The Parish Council employs 1 full time Parish Clerk, 1 part time Deputy Clerk, 1 part time Administrative Assistant, 1 part time village caretaker and 1 part time cemetery caretaker.

COUNCILLORS

Councillors	Contact details	Committee/Sub-Committee/Sub-Group Member
Cllr Richard Adam	01622 831673	Finance Committee Planning Committee Open Spaces Sub-Committee Byelaws Sub-Group MPC representative on Public Transport and Highways Marden Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group.
Cllr Matt Besant	01622 832305	Amenities Committee Planning Committee Allotments Sub-Group Environmental Sub-Group Marden Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group
Cllr Anne Boswell	01622 833351 07828 868703	Amenities Committee Planning Committee Finance Committee Cemetery Sub-Committee HR Sub-Committee Open Spaces Sub-Committee Allotments 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 Editor of the Parish Council Newsletter
Cllr Theresa Gibson	01622 832305	Finance Committee Planning Committee HR Sub-Committee Emergency Planning Sub-Group Marden Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group
Cllr Ian Newton	01622 831832	Amenities Committee Planning Committees Cemetery Sub-Committee HR Sub-Committee Open Space Sub-Committee Byelaws Sub-Group Emergency Planning Sub-Group Environmental Sub-Group Village Events Sub-Group MPC representative on Public Transport and Highways
Cllr Adrian Rabot	01622 832305
Cllr Jean Robertson	01622 831331	Amenities Committee Planning Committee Cemetery Sub-Committee Open Spaces Sub-Committee Communications Sub-Group Play Scheme Sub-Group Village Events Sub-Group.
Cllr Tom Stevens	01622 832305	Finance Committee MPC Trustee on the Marden Memorial Hall Committee
Cllr Mike Summersgill	01622 832305	Environmental Sub-Group
Cllr Kate Tippen	01622 832305	Chairman of Marden Parish Council Ex-officio on all Committees and 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 the KALC Maidstone Area Committee MPC representative on the Patient Reference Group representative MPC representative on Maidstone Cluster Group Forum
Cllr Andy Turner	07803 598813	Vice-Chairman of Marden Parish Council Ex-officio on all Committees Open Spaces Sub-Committee Allotments Sub-Group Bye-laws Sub-Group Emergency Planning Sub-Group Environmental Sub-Group Marden Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group (Chairman) MPC representative on the KALC Maidstone Area Committee

EMPLOYEES

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