{"id":152,"date":"2011-07-16T18:43:27","date_gmt":"2011-07-16T18:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uplowman.org.uk\/?page_id=152"},"modified":"2026-04-29T13:42:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T13:42:06","slug":"local-government","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.uplowman.org.uk\/?page_id=152","title":{"rendered":"Local Government"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Parish Council<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Your Councillors are:<\/p>\n<p>Mr Dean Westerman (Chairman), Westmead, EX16 7DW \u00a0\u00a0 01884-821341<\/p>\n<p>Mr Ross Adcock, Crosswinds, EX16 7DW\u00a0\u00a0 01884-820735<\/p>\n<p>Mr Dave Thomas, Locks End, EX16 7DL<\/p>\n<p>Mr Alasdair McCombe, 1 Locks Cottages, Whitnage, EX16 7DS\u00a0 01884-829312<\/p>\n<p>Mrs Mary Moore, 07554-989529<\/p>\n<p>Mrs Emily Egan, 4 Crossways, EX16 7DL\u00a0 \u00a001884-235913<\/p>\n<p>Mrs Jennifer Mayne, Old Appleyard House, EX16 7DW\u00a0 01884-820669<\/p>\n<p>The Clerk is:<\/p>\n<p>Robert Hodgson, Lower Beer, EX16 7PF\u00a0\u00a0 01884-821239<\/p>\n<p>Parish Council Meetings take place every 2 months on the second Thursday starting at 7:30 and anyone is welcome to attend.<\/p>\n<p>Minutes and Agendas can be found on the following link:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.middevon.gov.uk\/uplowman\">https:\/\/middevonparish.co.uk\/uplowman<\/a>\/<\/p>\n<p><strong>District Council<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Your Councillors are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kathleen Lock (Lib Dems) represents Canonsleigh Ward 01823 672723 or 07810 706271<\/li>\n<li>Gillian Westcott (Greens) represents Canonsleigh Ward, gwestcott@middevon.gov.uk<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In 2023 Uplowman Parish moved from Halberton Ward to Cannonsleigh Ward with 2 Councillors.<\/p>\n<p>Further contact details on the MDDC website<\/p>\n<p><strong>County Council<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Representing:<strong><strong>Tiverton East <\/strong><\/strong><strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/strong>Colin Slade<br \/>\n8 Blackthorne Avenue, Tiverton, EX16 6TY\u00a0 01884-252301<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:colin.slade@devon.gov.uk\">colin.slade@devon.gov.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Local Member of Parliament<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Your local MP for Tiverton &amp; Minehead (2024) is:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rachel Gilmour MP<br \/>\nHouse of Commons<br \/>\nLondon<br \/>\nSW1A 0AA\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 0207-219-7172<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"mailto:Neil.parish.mp@parliament.ukContact\">rachel.gilmour.mp@parliament.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>She won the last by-election as Lib Dem in July 2024, which is a new seat as previously we were in Tiverton and Honiton.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parish Council Your Councillors are: Mr Dean Westerman (Chairman), Westmead, EX16 7DW \u00a0\u00a0 01884-821341 Mr Ross Adcock, Crosswinds, EX16 7DW\u00a0\u00a0 01884-820735 Mr Dave Thomas, Locks End, EX16 7DL Mr Alasdair McCombe, 1 Locks Cottages, Whitnage, EX16 7DS\u00a0 01884-829312 Mrs Mary Moore, 07554-989529 Mrs Emily Egan, 4 Crossways, EX16 7DL\u00a0 \u00a001884-235913 Mrs Jennifer Mayne, Old Appleyard [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-152","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uplowman.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uplowman.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uplowman.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uplowman.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uplowman.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=152"}],"version-history":[{"count":44,"href":"https:\/\/www.uplowman.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1326,"href":"https:\/\/www.uplowman.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/152\/revisions\/1326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uplowman.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}