The Mayor for the municipal year 2018/2019 is Cllr Piers Brown
Following the Annual Meeting of the Council 1st May 2018, Councillor Piers Brown was elected as Mayor of Shaftesbury for the municipal year 2018/19.
Councillor Lester Taylor was elected Deputy Mayor at the Annual Meeting of the Council on 1st May 2018.
Shaftesbury Parish Council consists of two Wards: Shaftesbury East and Shaftesbury West
Profiles of all Wards within North Dorset can be found at: https://www.dorsetforyou.com/communityprofiles/north
The Town Council currently employs eight permanent staff who are all based in Shaftesbury. The staff are divided into two departments – office and grounds. The office staff are based in the Town Hall in Shaftesbury and consist of a Town Clerk and three full time members of staff. The grounds team are based at Wincombe Business Park.
Town Clerk – Claire Commons PSLCC (CiLCA) (CertHE Community Governance)
Business Manager – Brie Logan
Finance and Services Officer – Tracy Moxham (ILCA)
Office Administrator – Zoe Moxham (ILCA)
Head Groundsman – Andy Dodd
Groundsman – Andrew Flitcroft
Groundsman – Michael Wakely
Groundsman – Terry Bugler
Councillors Derek Beer, Simon Pritchard, Jo Francis and Gary Jefferson