Stocksfield Parish Council

Cllr Paul Vickers - 01661 844834 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Chair: Stocksfield Parish Council

Paul is the Chair of the Parish Council and a member of both the Planning Committee and the Planning Advisory Group. He lives in Stocksfield with his wife Gina. All three of their children attended local schools in Stocksfield, Ovingham, and Prudhoe. Paul was born in Newcastle but grew up in Hertfordshire. In 1988, when Paul was an undergraduate in Liverpool, his parents relocated back to the north east, settling in Stocksfield. Paul worked in Liverpool until 2001 when he and his family moved to Stocksfield. He is currently Professor of Computer Science and Sonification at Northumbria University. 

Cllr John Harrison - 0798 6768056 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

John was co-opted onto the Council in 2021. He convenes the General Governance Advisory Group and chairs the Sports Fields User Group. He was born and brought up in Newcastle upon Tyne but lived all over England during his career as a Senior Civil Servant working in diverse roles in Training, Audit, and HR, amongst others. After taking very early retirement he worked for The Prince’s Trust eventually becoming Head of Corporate Services. This was followed by a spell as a Finance Director of a training company before finally retiring in 2016. John and his wife Kathleen (a former IT Teacher, turned children’s author) moved to Stocksfield in 2020 from Wylam. They have 3 children, and 4 grandchildren. His hobbies include family history, Scrabble, and cricket.

Cllr Amy Brooks -  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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Cllr Anne Dale - 01434 673326 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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Cllr Kevin Graham

Kevin was coopted on to the council in 2023. He was born and lived in Newcastle where he went to Northumbria and Newcastle Universities. Kevin has previously been a Parish and City Councillor, as well as a school governor. Now settled in Stocksfield, he is currently a Law Lecturer and Manager with the Open University, having worked in education for many years. His interests include history and performing arts.

Cllr Tim Hills - 07748 153206 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Tim is a member of the General Governance Advisory Group and the Communications Advisory Group. He has lived in Stocksfield for over thirty years, having moved here after spending his childhood and teenage years growing up in Rowlands Gill. He has enjoyed a varied career in finance, regeneration, recruitment and as a professional DJ. He is married and bought his third (and current) house in the village in 2016.

Cllr Chris Liddle - 07737 777836 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Chris is a member of the Communications Advisory Group, the Rights of Way and Environment Advisory Group and the Sports Fields User Group. He grew up in Stocksfield and returned to the village in 2017 after living in Manchester for 10 years. He works as an independent marketing consultant and has two young daughters. When his children allow, Chris likes cycling, football, walking and home brewing.

Cllr Mike Parker - 01661 843887 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Mike has lived in Stocksfield for over 30 years. He is Chair of the Planning Committee and Convenor of the Planning Advisory Group. Both of his children went to local schools.  He has been retired for nearly 7 years.   Since the late 1970s he worked at Tyne Tees Television as a Camera Operator and Supervisor until his retirement.  In 1995, he trained as Assessor; Trainer and Coach, and in Recruitment & Selection, for Skillset.  From 2000 he was Head of the Camera Dept. and also Health and Safety Officer at TTTV.

Cllr Kath Pollock - 07450 373650 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Kath is a member of the General Governance Advisory Group. She moved to Stocksfield from Newcastle almost 40 years ago, attracted by the location and the schools. She worked in nursing in the NHS for over 30 years latterly in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services. She has one daughter who attended school locally and still lives in the village along with Kath's two grandsons - Joe who is currently studying at Manchester University and Tom who attends Prudhoe Community High School 6th form. As a family they all have a keen interest in sport, especially cricket and have close links with the village Cricket Club.

County Councillor - Northumberland County Council

Anne Dale - 01434 673326  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Anne is the County Councillor for Broomhaugh, Stocksfield and Mickley.

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