What is the Parish Council?
Parish Councils represent the interests of the local community, they are composed of councillors who are elected or co-opted on to the Council every 4 years. Councillors must be over 21 years, live in or within 3 miles of the parish and are not paid for their time.

Burghill Parish Council has 15 councilors representing electors from the villages of Burghill & Tillington and the hamlets of Portway and Elton's Marsh. A chairman is elected annually at the Annual Parish Council meeting which is usually held in May.

The Council employ a Parish Clerk, who acts as legal and procedural advisor, is responsible for taking the minutes of meetings, handling correspondence and as Responsible Financial Officer manages the Council’s finances.

Parish Councils are set up and controlled by Acts of Parliament. These Acts determine what the Council must do (its duties), what it can choose to do (its powers) and what it cannot do.