Councillors
Whitworth Town Council comprises 12 elected councillors across 2 wards (FACIT AND SHAWFORTH and WHITWORTH AND HEALEY). The Town Council currently has 11 elected members with a vacancy in the Facit and Shawforth ward.
Tom Aldred
- Ward: Facit and Shawforth
- Committees: Finances Monitoring Committee; Grievance Committee; Farrow Hoyle Charitable Trust; Rossendale Borough Council Standards (Town Council representation); Town Twinning Committee
- Email: atomaldred@aol.com
- Telephone: 01706 852183
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Lynda Barnes - Mayor of Whitworth
- Ward: Facit and Shawforth
- Committees: Finances Monitoring Committee; Whitworth Multi-Agency meetings; Whitworth In Bloom
- Email: lyndabarnes@rossendalebc.gov.uk
- Telephone: 01706 853635 / 07944 116385
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David Chorlton
- Ward: Healey and Whitworth
- Committees: Appeals Committee; Finances Monitoring Committee; Tourism and Leisure Committee; Farrow Hoyle Charitable Trust
- Email: cllrdchorlton@gmail.com
- Telephone: 07939 218266
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William Calderbank
- Ward: Healey and Whitworth
- Committees: Whitworth Sports Council; Tourism and Leisure Committee
- Email: wcalderbank99@gmail.com
- Telephone: 07508 402278
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Maureen Jones - Deputy Mayor of Whitworth
- Ward: Healey and Whitworth
- Committees: Farrow Hoyle Charitable Trust; Whitworth Multi-Agency Meetings; Rochdale A.E. & Parish Trust; Allotments Working Group; CLAW (Community Association of Whitworth) - Town Councillor representative; Hallfold Playgroup
- Email: maureen5961@hotmail.com
- Telephone: 07794 356610
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Jim Mellor
- Ward: Facit and Shawforth
- Committees: Grievance Committee; Finances Monitoring Committee; Town Twinning Committee; Chair of Whitworth Sports Council; Rossendale Borough Council Standards (Town Council representation);
- Email: jim.mellor47@hotmail.com
- Telephone: 01706 853479 / 07973 421145
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Alan Neal
- Ward: Healey and Whitworth
- Committees: Burnley Area meetings, Lancs Assoc of Local Councils
- Email: nealalan21@yahoo.co.uk or alanneal@rossendalebc.gov.uk
- Telephone: 07817 414721
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Donna Nutt
- Ward: Facit and Shawforth
- Committees: Allotment Working Group, Finances Monitoring Committee, Whitworth Community Partnership, Whitworth Flood Forum
- Telephone: 07532 144924
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Dayne Powell
- Ward: Healey and Whitworth
- Committees: Whitworth Flood Forum, Appeals Committee
- Email: daynepowell@rossendalebc.gov.uk
- Telephone: 07557 561803
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Stella Troughton

- Ward: Healey and Whitworth
- Committees: Tourism and Leisure Committee
- Email: cllrstroughton@gmail.com
- Telephone: 07715 437272
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Janet Whitehead
- Ward: Facit and Shawforth
- Committees: Grievances Committee, Whitworth Sports Council, Whitworth in Bloom
- Email: cllrjanetwhitehead@gmail.com
- Telephone: 07795577647
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