Your Members of Council 2023 to 2027

12 members of Meltham Town Council were recently elected on 4th May 2023, one member resigned in May 2025.  The next scheduled elections are in May 2027.

Below are the details of our current councillors and how you may get in contact with them.
General Town Council queries can be reported via our website or emailed directly to the clerk on townclerk@melthamtowncouncil.gov.uk.

You can find contact details of all the Councillors on this page, together with links to their register of interests.

Councillor Russell Barrowclough – Independent

Planning Committee & Strategy Working Group

Phone: 07900 811052
Email: russell.barrowclough@melthamtowncouncil.gov.uk

• Declaration of Interests for Councillor Barrowclough

Councillor Richard Crankshaw

Finance Committee

Phone: 07526 581055
Email: richard.crankshaw@melthamtowncouncil.gov.uk

• Declaration of Interests for Councillor Crankshaw

Councillor David Haigh – Independent

Finance Committee

Email: david.haigh@melthamtowncouncil.gov.uk

• Declaration of Interests for Councillor Haigh

Councillor Richard Jackson – Independent

Vice Chair Planning Committee, Communications, and Allotments Working Groups

Phone: 07525 437037
Email: richard.jackson@melthamtowncouncil.gov.uk

• Declaration of Interests for Councillor Jackson

Councillor Ann Jurczyszyn – Independent

Mayor for 2025/26, Communications, Strategy and Allotments Working Groups

Phone: 07779936026
Email: ann.jurczyszyn@melthamtowncouncil.gov.uk

• Declaration of Interests for Councillor Jurczyszyn

Councillor Spencer King – Independent

Finance Committee and Chair of Planning Committee

Phone: 01484 349606 or 07941 403538
Email: spencer.king@melthamtowncouncil.gov.uk

• Declaration of Interests for Councillor King

Councillor Lisa Coates – Independent

Deputy Mayor, Finance Committee and Communications Working Groups

Phone: 07900 404973
Email: lisa.coates@melthamtowncouncil.gov.uk

• Declaration of Interests for Councillor Naylor

Councillor Richard Noon – Independent

Planning Committee and Chair of Finance Committee, Strategy Working Group

Phone: 07706 678730
Email: richard.noon@melthamtowncouncil.gov.uk

• Declaration of Interests for Councillor Noon

Councillor John Varley – Independent

Planning Committee, Allotments and Communications Working Groups

Phone: 07585 951367
Email: john.varley@melthamtowncouncil.gov.uk

• Declaration of Interests for Councillor Varley

Councillor Paul White – Independent

Planning and Finance Committees, Allotments and Strategy Working Groups

Phone: 01484 308995
Email: paul.white@melthamtowncouncil.gov.uk

• Declaration of Interests for Councillor White

Councillor Jean Wrathall – Independent

Finance Committee

Phone: 01484 319686
Email: jean.wrathall@melthamtowncouncil.gov.uk

• Declaration of Interests for Councillor Wrathall