Highly respected Councillor, Cllr Barbara Johnson, sadly passed away on Thursday 24th April 2025.

Born and educated in Leicestershire, and with a working life mostly spent in education, she was elected as a Harborough District Councillor in a Market Harborough town ward in 2007. Working in the community was a constant passion in her life. She chaired the Market Harborough and Bosworth Practice’s Patient Participation Group, was a Trustee of both the town’s Howard Watson Symington Charity and VASL (Voluntary Action South Leicestershire), and President of the Royal British Legion’s Market Harborough Branch.