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Councillors

Crediton Town Council currently has 12 councillors - 6 for Lawrence ward and 6 for Boniface ward. A copy of the ward map can be viewed here.

If you would like to know more about the work of a town councillor, information is available from the town clerk. Councillor's Register of Interests can be found on Mid Devon District Council's website www.middevon.gov.uk/your-council/town-parish-councils/crediton-town/

Annual Report

Each year the Council issues an Annual Report. Please follow the link to view the Council's Annual Reports.

Councillor Contact Details

May 2026 - May 2027

CHAIR/TOWN MAYOR: Cllr Steve Huxtable
DEPUTY CHAIR/DEPUTY TOWN MAYOR: Cllr Liz Brookes-Hocking

Boniface Ward

Councillor	Contact Details	Committee/Sub-Committee Appointments	Representative Appointments	Training Undertaken	Meeting Attendance
Jim Cairney	Telephone: 01363 530781 E-mail: jcairney@crediton.gov.uk Mid Devon District Councillor Boniface Ward Devon County Councillor	Community Committee	Hayward's Educational Foundation Crediton Hospital League of Friends The North Devon Rail Development Alliance	Training 2019 - present	Full meeting - 4 Part meeting - Apologies - 1 Absences -
John Downes	E-mail: jdownes@crediton.gov.uk Mid Devon District Councillor Boniface Ward	Oversight Committee Grants Sub-Committee		Training 2007 - present	Full meeting - 4 Part meeting - Apologies - 2 Absences -
Joyce Harris	Telephone: 01363 775221 E-mail: jharris@crediton.gov.uk	Community Committee HR Committee Oversight Committee Grants Sub-Committee	Crediton United Charities Trustee Boniface Link Association	Training 2014 - present	Full meeting - 7 Part meeting - Apologies - 3 Absences -
Steve Huxtable	Telephone: 07917 404784 E-mail: shuxtable@crediton.gov.uk	Community Committee HR Committee Oversight Committee Grants Sub-Committee Youth Sub-Committee	Crediton Twinning Association The North Devon Rail Development Alliance	Training 2021 - present	Full meeting - 10 Part meeting - Apologies - Absences -
Natalia Letch	Telephone: 01363 775739 E-mail: nletch@crediton.gov.uk			Training 2021 - present	Full meeting - 1 Part meeting - Apologies - 1 Absences -
Paul Perriman	Telephone:07442 161917 E-mail: pperriman@crediton.gov.uk			Training 2023 - present	Full meeting - Part meeting - Apologies - 2 Absences -

Lawrence Ward

Councillor	Contact Details	Committee/Sub-Committee Appointments	Representative Appointments	Training Undertaken	Meeting Attendance
Rachel Backhouse	Telephone: 07889 680434 E-mail: rbackhouse@crediton.gov.uk	HR Committee Oversight Committee	Sustainable Crediton	Training 2023 - present	Full meeting - 6 Part meeting - Apologies - Absences -
Liz Brookes-Hocking	Telephone: 01363 774562 E-mail: lbrookes-hocking@crediton.gov.uk	Community Committee HR Committee Oversight Committee Grants Sub-Committee Youth Sub-Committee	Devon Association of Local Councils (& Larger Councils Sub Committee)	Training 2014 - present	Full meeting - 10 Part meeting - Apologies - Absences -
Guy Cochran	Telephone: 07891 898487 E-mail: gcochran@crediton.gov.uk Mid Devon District Councillor Lawrence Ward	Community Committee Oversight Committee Youth Sub-Committee	Crediton Chamber of Commerce The North Devon Rail Development Alliance	Training 2021 - present	Full meeting - 5 Part meeting - 2 Apologies - 2 Absences -
Giles Fawssett	Telephone: 07484 878681 E-mail: gfawssett@crediton.gov.uk	Community Committee	Boniface Trail Association Friends of Crediton Station	Training 2022 - present	Full meeting - 4 Part meeting - 1 Apologies - Absences -
Vix Frisby	Telephone: 07855 571118 E-mail: vfrisby@crediton.gov.uk	Community Committee HR Committee Oversight Committee Grants Sub-Committee	Age Concern		Full meeting - 5 Part meeting - 3 Apologies - Absences -
Tim Stanford	Telephone: 01363 777862 E-mail: tstanford@crediton.gov.uk Mid Devon District Councillor Lawrence Ward	Community Committee			Full meeting - 1 Part meeting - 1 Apologies - 2 Absences - 1