The Councillors
There are 15 Councillors who make up Penistone Town Council. Elections are held in May every four years: the next is in 2027 The following Councillors represent your wards.
“BMBC” after a name indicates that the councillor is also an elected member of Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Couuncil.
If you need to contact any of the councillors please use the addresses listed below or use the general contact information on the contact page.
The complete list of mayors can be viewed by visiting the link below.
Penistone Mayors, 1973—2026 (PDF) >
Penistone Ward
David Cunningham
Vice-Chair of the Finance, Assets & HR Committee
Member of the Events & Leisure Committee
David.Cunningham@pentowncouncil.gov.uk
Jonathan Cutts
Member of the Finance, Assets & HR Committee
PTC Representative Governor of the Penistone Grammar School Foundation Trust
PTC Representative on the Board of the Penistone Girls Free Schools Trust
PTC Representative on the Board of the Samuel Wordsworth Trust
Jonathan.Cutts@pentowncouncil.gov.uk
Lorraine Dixon
Vice-Chair of the Events & Leisure Committee
Lorraine.Dixon@pentowncouncil.gov.uk
Hannah Kitching – Mayor
Town Mayor and Chair of the Council
Member of the Finance, Assets & HR Committee (ex-officio)
Member of the Events & Leisure Committee (ex-officio)
PTC Representative Governor of the Penistone Grammar School Foundation Trust
Hannah.Kitching@pentowncouncil.gov.uk
Mandy Lowe-Flello
Member of the Finance, Assets & HR Committee
Member of the Events & Leisure Committee
Mandy.Lowe-Flello@pentowncouncil.gov.uk
Frances Nixon (BMBC)
Member of the Events & Leisure Committee
Frances.Nixon@pentowncouncil.gov.uk
Cubley and Springvale
Cllr Yvette Cooper
Member of the Events & Leisure Committee
PTC Representative Governor of the Penistone Grammar School Foundation Trust
Yvette.Cooper@pentowncouncil.gov.uk
Cllr Greenhough David (BMBC)
Member of the Finance, Assets & HR Committee
PTC Representative on the Board of the Penistone Girls Free Schools Trust
David.Greenhough@pentowncouncil.gov.uk
Tristan Drew
Chair of the Events & Leisure Committee
Tristan.Drew@pentowncouncil.gov.uk
Vicky Jackson (BMBC)
Member of the Events & Leisure Committee
Vicky.Jackson@pentowncouncil.gov.uk
Thurlstone and Millhouse Green
James Kitching
Member of the Finance, Assets & HR Committee
PTC Representative to the Yorkshire Local Councils Association
James.Kitching@pentowncouncil.gov.uk
Trevor Mayne
Member of the Events & Leisure Committee
Trevor.Mayne@pentowncouncil.gov.uk
Jon Palmer
Deputy Mayor and Deputy Chair of the Council
Chair of the Finance, Assets & HR Committee
Jon.Palmer@pentowncouncil.gov.uk
Hoylandswaine
John Roberts
Member of the Finance, Assets & HR Committee
Member of the Events & Leisure Committee
PTC Representative to the Senior’s Almshouses Hoylandswaine Board of Trustees
John.Roberts@pentowncouncil.gov.uk
Cllr David Walker
Member of the Finance, Assets & HR Committee
PTC Representative to the Senior’s Almshouses Hoylandswaine Board of Trustees
David.Walker@pentowncouncil.gov.uk
Registers of Interest
The Localism Act 2011 requires parish councillors to publicly declare if they have certain financial (pecuniary) and other (non-pecuniary) interests. Barnsley MBC keeps a record of these declarations in a register of interests which can be viewed at https://www.barnsley.gov.uk/services/our-council/parish-and-town-councils/parish-and-town-councillor-register-of-interests/