Chair of Hart District Council

The role of the Chair and introducing our current Chair and Vice-Chair

About the role of the Chair

The Chair:

  • is a serving district councillor
  • chairs full Council meetings
  • must remain politically impartial and cannot be a member of the Cabinet
  • is the ceremonial head of the Council and first representative of the district
  • supports local events and functions, raises money for charity and represents the Council and its interests
  • maintains links between Hart and other organisations, both voluntary and commercial
  • promotes the district on visits elsewhere

Our current Chair

Councillor Stuart Bailey was elected as Chair of Hart District Council at the Annual Meeting on 21 May 2026

Chairman Councillor Stuart Bailey

Our current Vice-Chair

Councillor Gill Butler was elected as Vice-Chair of Hart District Council at the Annual Meeting on 21 May 2026.

Headshot of Cllr Butler

Chair's charities

Every year, our elected Chair chooses charities and causes to support during their year in office. 

For his term in 2026/27 our Chair has chosen to support charities and organisations tackling food poverty across Hart.

Fundraising events

If you have any ideas for an event to raise money for the Chairman's charities, please contact the Chairman's secretary on 01252 774143 or email chairman@hart.gov.uk.

Past Chairmen

Details of past Chairmen can be found in the following documents: