The Worshipful the Mayor of Stafford Borough
Councillor Jenny Barron 2025-2026
Jenny was born in West Bromwich but shortly after her family moved to Penkridge where she attended the local junior and senior schools. On leavening school she attended Stafford College and undertook a full-time secretarial course. She met Ray in Penkridge and they married in St Michael’s Church before moving to Stafford. They now have a daughter and granddaughter who also live in Stafford.
Jenny worked at Stafford General Infirmary as a medical secretary to the Senior Consultant Physician, leaving after eight years to work part time, helping to run the family garage business, which included secretarial, accountancy and wages. Following this she worked as a locum medical secretary at various hospitals including County Hospital, Cannock, New Cross and Rowley Hall hospital. She undertook a full time City and Guilds course at Rodbaston Agricultural college to complement her hobbies of gardening and flowers.
For the past 16 years Jenny has been the press officer, committee member and fundraiser for the Stafford Friends Branch of Donna Louise Hospice, now supported by Dougie Mac Hospice.
Councillor Barron was first elected to Stafford Borough Council in 2015 serving the Weeping Cross and Wildwood Ward which she still represents today. During this time she has had the honour of representing the Borough as Mayoress and Deputy Mayoress.
Jenny has been a member of the Women’s Institute for 25 years and a Trustee of Wildwood Community Centre for the past ten years - recently taken over as chair.
The Mayor will be raising money during the civic year and her main charities will be Community Link Stafford and District and Staffordshire Women’s Aid
Consort - Alderman Ray Barron
Ray was born in Wolverhampton but grew up in Penkridge where he attended Wolgarston High School.
On leaving school he served an engineering apprenticeship at Atwoods Garage, Wolverhampton and later worked at Charles Clark garage in Stafford before leaving to start his own business, Radford Garage, which he ran for 25 years along with Jenny.
Ray then moved to Marston Road Garage in Stafford and it was whilst working there that he was first elected to serve as a Borough Councillor for Common Ward. The following year he was elected as a County Councillor for Stafford North Division and in 2010/2011 Ray served as Deputy Mayor of Stafford Borough.
In 2015 he was elected, along with his wife, to serve the Weeping Cross and Wildwood Ward and had the honour to be elected as Stafford Borough Mayor 2018/2019. He was appointed Honorary Alderman in 2023.
Ray has been a school governor for two schools, Sir Graham Balfour and Greenhall school.