Your Parish Councillors
Your parish councillors are:
- Sarah Aitken (Chair)
- Emma Crowe
- John Marshall (Vice Chair)
- Mark Robinson
- Stephen Rowland
All parish councillors have to complete a declaration of interest form, which can be viewed on the Herefordshire Council website.
Your Parish Clerk is Claire Vaughan. Your Parish Councillors can be contacted through your Clerk.
You can contact us via our contact page of this website.
The Parish Council owns or is responsible for a number of ‘assets’ in the community. Take a look at our parish page for more information.
Public Rights of Way
Your Parish Footpath Officer is Mark Robinson. If you spot any issues on the Parish footpaths, please do let us know. If the issue requires urgent attention please also report it via the Herefordshire Council website.
To view all of the public rights of way in Sellack and surrounding areas please visit the Herefordshire Council website.
The Parish Footpath Officer can be a volunteer from the local community, and does not have to be a Parish Councillor. The Parish Footpath Officer is agreed every year, at the Annual Meeting of Council in May. If you would like to express an interest in this role or just find out a bit more about it, please email our clerk (see the Contact page on this website).
Backney Bridge Picnic Site and Flood Action Working Group Chair for 2026-27 – John Marshall.
Your Ward Councillor
Llangarron Ward Councillor: Councillor Elissa Swinglehurst. Contact details for your Ward Councillor can be found on the Herefordshire Council website.
You can view the Ward Councillor’s latest update here:
Ward Councillor Report – April 2026 (PDF document)
Ward Member Report – May 2026 (PDF document)
Please note – we share the Ward Cllr reports on this website to provide you with an update of her work. Views expressed within should not be understood to be approved or endorsed by the Parish Council.
What is a Parish Council?
Parish or Town Councils are an important tier of Government within the UK; a Parish/Town Council is the smallest and most localised tier of local government in the UK and is a properly constituted local authority.
The powers and duties, and the manner in which a Parish Council operates are laid out in local government statute and regulations; Parish Councils operate at a level below national government and also below district and borough councils. Parish & Town Councils are elected and can help on a number of local issues, like planning applications or running local sports grounds and community halls.
The Government’s website includes a definition.
The Parish Council has legal responsibilities as an employer, and sometimes as an owner of public land and buildings.
Parish Councils are Statutory Bodies, having powers under a number of different Acts (the Local Government Act 1972, the Public Health Act 1936, etc.). Only a few Councils need to use all their available powers. It is up to each Council to choose what is appropriate for the community they serve.
The Council raises funds by the annual Precept is set in January of each year. The amount required is guided by the setting of the annual budget in the November preceding.
The Parish Council precept is added to the Council Tax bill and collected by Herefordshire Council (on behalf of the Parish Council).
The Council also raises funds through grants from other organisations.
We will endeavour to keep the information provided on our own site accurate and up to date.
If you spot any errors or omissions please contact us by email so that we can investigate and correct.