Local Government Arrangements
Frodsham lies within the administrative area of Cheshire West and Chester Council. Two councillors are elected from the Frodsham ward to serve on that Council. The Frodsham ward has the same boundaries as the Town's own parish boundaries. The current Councillors are Cllr Andrew Dawson and Cllr Lynn Riley, both Conservatives, who were both elected to serve a four-year term of office in May 2011.
Frodsham Town Council is the local council or parish council for Frodsham. This council is made up of 16 councillors. The town councillors are elected from one of four parish wards called Frodsham North, Frodsham South, Frodsham East and Frodsham West. Four Councillors are elected from both the North and South wards, five from East and three from the West ward. These Town Councillors are elected to serve four year terms of office, the most recent elections being in May 2011. If any vacancy occurs during the four-year term 10 local parishioners from the relevant ward can require a by-election to be held, otherwise the other Town Councillors can co-opt an eligible person to be a Councillor. The last by-election occurred in August 2011 in South ward. The last co-option occurred in September 2011 in North ward. All 16 places are currently filled, primarily by councillors who are not members of any political party but who campaigned together with the common manifesto of putting 'Frodsham First'. The Councillors are: for Frodsham North; Cllr Rita Shearn (Frod First), Cllr Frank Pennington (Frod First), Cllr Pammi Taylor (Ind), Cllr Allen Wales (Ind); for Frodsham South; Cllr Lynn Riley (Con), Cllr Sara Wakefield (Con), Cllr Fran Sutton (Frod First), Cllr Carol Davis (Con); for Frodsham East; Cllr Andrew Dawson (Con), Cllr Linda Brown (Frod First, Cllr Mark Warren (Frod First), Cllr Ruth Redhead (Frod First), Cllr Graham Bondi (Ind); for Frodsham West; Cllr Darren Kelly (Frod First), Cllr Kyle McGregor (Lab), Cllr John Nield (Frod First).
The then Frodsham parish council resolved to style itself a town in 1992. From 1992 to May 2012 the chairman of the council has served as the Town Mayor but using the courtesy title of 'Mayor of Frodsham.' However, strictly the chairman is only entitled to be known as 'town mayor.'
In April 2012 the council resolved to split the roles of Chairman and Mayor of Frodsham and separate votes are now held for each position - although the council also resolved to offer the Mayorship to the councillor who had served the longest since last being Mayor, or having been first elected.
In order to comply with the restrictive provisions of the Local Government Act 1972 the Chairman declares when accepting the office of Chairman of the Council that he wishes to be addressed as 'Chairman', and that he does not wish to use the style 'town mayor.' The Councillor who is elected to the position of 'Mayor of Frodsham' is in fact elected to serve as the council's principal civic representative and as the deputy chairman. Under the terms of the Local Government Act 1972 the deputy chairman can fulfil any of the roles of the Chairman. In essence the Chairman delegates the performance of the civic representative role to his deputy and consents to him or her being known under the courtesy title of 'Mayor of Frodsham.' The importance of this split is that it allows the Mayor to concentrate on promoting Frodsham to the wider world and civic and democratic society within Frodsham. It also allows the tradition to continue where the Mayorship changes each year. The Chairman leads the council. He can, if the councillors choose, continue to serve as Chairman from year to year - enabling consistent leadership.
The following councillors have served as the Mayor of Frodsham Frank Pennington 1992–3; Brian Lloyd 1993–4; 2010–11; Margaret Blythe 1994–5; Christine Lloyd 1995–6; Mike Pusey 1996–7; Graham Bondi 1997–8; 2003–4; Barry Honeyford 1998–9; Dave Thompson 1999–2000; Nigel Griffiths 2000–1; 2005–6; Maureen Turner 2001–2; 2004–5; Dennis Taylor 2002–3: 2006–7; John Maddock 2007–8; Pammi Taylor 2008–9; Geoff Bath 2009–10; Andrew Dawson 2011–2012; Lynn Riley 2012 - date.
The present Chairman of the Council is Cllr Mark Warren. He was elected to this role in May 2012.
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