Councillors
Shropshire operates a two tier structure of service provision:
Caynham Parish Council
The Parish or Town Council is the first tier of local government, they provide very local services - for example bus shelters, play areas, markets and cutting grass verges . Councillors are elected by local people to stand for four years at a time, in the same way as other councils. By elections may be held to fill vacancies occurring between the elections. Each year the councillors choose a chairman (if a town council a Mayor) from amongst their number.
A civil parish is an independent local democratic unit for villages, small towns, for the suburbs of the main urban areas and cities.
Publications
code of conduct 2007 (154.99KB)
Good Councillors Guide (408.47KB)