Councillors

Responsibilities are carried out by the Councillors individually and collectively. All Councillors are available to listen to the concerns of residents. If you wish to contact any of the Councillors directly please use the details below. Councillors can also be contacted via the details on the Contact Us page.

Saltford Parish Council has 11 Councillors. Following an uncontested election in 2023, 10 Councillors were elected and one Councillor was co-opted to the post-election vacancy at the May 2023 meeting.

Parish Councillors do not receive payment for being elected members and offer their time voluntarily for the benefit of the local community. The Chair receives a small honorarium in place of expenses (£300 p.a. in 2022/23). The Chair and Vice-Chair are elected at the Annual Parish Council meeting, held each May.

Parish Council staff – The Parish Clerk is SPC’s ‘Proper Officer’ and only employee. The Parish Clerk supports Councillors to carry out the Council’s responsibilities, and to administer the council’s business. The Parish Clerk holds a Certificate in Local Council Administration (CiLCA), which along with other criteria entitles SPC to hold the General Power of Competence. The Parish Clerk is also SPC’s Responsible Financial Officer (RFO) and has completed the Financial Introduction to Local Council Administration (FILCA) course. The Parish Clerk works part-time, hours and location vary.

Cllr Jon Godfrey

Cllr Julie Austwick

Cllr Shayan Aziz

Cllr Dudley Bartlett

Cllr Gary Graveling

Cllr David Halton

Cllr Phil Harding

Cllr Emma Hughes

Cllr Andy Rice

Cllr Paul Smith

Cllr Sally Turner

Further to committees and working groups, Councillors also attend meetings held by external organisations as ‘link members’. Information from these meetings are passed back to all Councillors at the monthly meeting.

Councillors are ‘link members’ for:

• Parish Liaison meetings
• Keynsham Area Forum
• ALCA (Avon Local Councils Association) B&NES Area Group
• Saltford Community Association
• Saltford Sports Club
• River Avon Users Consultative Committee (RAUCC)
• Saltford Environment Group
• Saltford Business Network
• Saltford Fair Trade Group
• Parish Councils Airport Association

Councillors also attend one-off meetings, events and relevant training sessions.

Any complaints that a Parish Councillor may have breached Saltford Parish Council’s Code of Conduct should be sent direct to Bath & North East Somerset Council’s Standards Committee. 

B&NES Council’s Saltford Ward Councillors

Saltford has two B&NES Council’s Ward Councillors:

Cllr Duncan Hounsell and Cllr Alison Streatfeild-James.

Contact details for B&NES Saltford Ward Councillors can be found on the Report It page and on B&NES Council’s webpage ‘Your Councillors by Ward‘.

Saltford PC is independent of B&NES Council. Councillors from both councils aim to work together positively for the benefit of Saltford’s residents.

SPC invites B&NES Ward Cllrs to its Full Council meetings, and allocates a standing item on each SPC agenda under ‘Ward Cllrs Reports’. Copies of Saltford’s B&NES Ward Cllrs monthly reports are available on request directly from Saltford’s B&NES Ward Cllrs, and a short summary of points raised at the meeting are included in SPC’s minutes.