Retiring Mayor of Warminster, Cllr Stacie Allensby, has passed on her thanks to the people of Warminster as well as looking back at a successful year for the town.
Cllr Allensby’s charities for 2024 to 2025 were Wiltshire and Bath Air Ambulance and the Westbury and Warminster Youth Club, with £2683.02 raised for the charities throughout the year.
Cllr Allensby has enjoyed her year as mayor, helping grow popular town events, tackling local issues for residents and engaging with the younger population of Warminster.
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Cllr Allensby said: “I would like to thank my fellow councillors for their support during my year as mayor. This year saw the first full year of our seasonal town markets, and they have been a huge success; credit goes to Warminster Business Network and to the town council staff for pulling off these markets. This has helped to increase the footfall in Warminster.
“We celebrated the Park’s 100-year birthday with an incredible turnout for the music, rides, and pyrotechnics. More events came to Warminster including our first ever Ice cream and Bubbles festival. Entries for Pumpkins in the Park went from 30 to over 100.
“Though Warminster was not without issues, the Pharmacy struggles were addressed by several of our councillors both with the pharmacy companies and on a more national level.
“After we sent another letter inviting the representative from Boots to come and join me as I queued for a prescription, a meeting with them turned into a resolution for the problem.”
‘We want what is best for Warminster’
“My main goal as mayor was to make people realise that councillors are people – regular normal people who can be approached. We all want the same thing as councillors – we want what is best for Warminster. I would like to thank the people of Warminster for their support throughout this year.
“I would like to thank the staff at the Civic Centre for the hard work they do, the organising and the support they have given me as mayor.
“Lastly, I would like to thank my Deputy, Cllr Cooper, for his support during my term and give him my best wishes for his upcoming year. May he enjoy it as much as I have”.
Cllr Andrew Cooper was unanimously elected as Chairman of the Council and Town Mayor for the 2025-26 municipal year on Monday 12th May.
For more information contact Warminster Town Council, Tel: 01985 214847 or email: admin@warminster-tc.gov.uk
Last modified: 14 May 2025
