Town Councillors
Prudhoe Town Councillors
Prudhoe Town Council has provision for 15 Councillors, each representing a different ward of the town.
The ward for each street in Prudhoe & Mickley is detailed in the Streets and Wards document.
Our ‘Promoting Democracy’ Booklet gives further information about the wards of the town, the election process, and the role of a Town Councillor.
Further legal references and statutory information relating to the position of Councillor, is available HERE.
The work of a Town Councillor can vary from one Councillor to another. The three main areas of work are summarised below:
- Decision making – Through attending meetings and committees with other elected members, Councillors decide which activities to support, where money should be spent and what services should be delivered. Decision-making is collective and by voting.
- Monitoring – Councillors make sure that their decisions lead to efficient and effective services by keeping an eye on how well things are working.
- Getting involved locally – As representatives of the community, Councillors may be part of local groups and organisations and may represent individuals and take up issues on their behalf.
- A Town Councillor must represent the whole electorate not just those that voted for them.
- A Town Councillor must represent the views of the community.
- A Town Councillor has a duty to attend Council meetings.
- A Town Councillor has a duty to ensure the Council is ‘properly’ managed.
- A Town Councillor may represent a political party or may be independent.
- A Town Councillor must maintain proper standards of behaviour as an elected representative.
- A Town Councillor must abide by the adopted Code of Conduct and the Seven Principles of Public Life.
- A Town Councillor must never use their position to secure personal advantage for themselves, family, or friends.
- A Town Councillor must sign a declaration of acceptance of office and declare their interests.
- A Town Councillor must not do anything that brings the Council into disrepute.
- A Town Councillor is a volunteer and receives no financial reward.
- A Town Councillor is accountable to local people.
Prudhoe West & Halfway
Bryan Futers
T: 07493154770
Committee and Appointed Roles
Member of Planning, Contract and Works Committee
Representative Essity Community Forum
Dorothy Dickinson
T: 07900916873
E: dorothy.dickinson@prudhoetowncouncil.gov.uk
Committee and Appointed Roles
Chair of Human Resources Committee
Member of Planning, Contract and Works Committee
Member of Finance Committee
Representative on Prudhoe Community Partnership
Representative Essity Community Forum
Representative Northumberland Association of Local Councils (shared with Cllr Christine Cuthbert)
Representative Prudhoe Youth Project
Representative Prudhoe Community Partnership Working Group
Representative Climate Change and Biodiversity
Tracy Gilmore
T: 07903457945
E: tracy.gilmore1@yahoo.co.uk
Tracy Gilmore
Committee and Appointed Roles
Vice-Chair of Prudhoe Town Council
Ex-Officio Member of Planning, Contract and Works Committee
Ex-Officio Human Resources Committee
Ex-Officio Cemetery and War Memorial Committee
Ex-Officio Finance Committee
Representative Prudhoe Town Twinning Association
Representative Borderlands Place Programme
Castle & Eltringham
Chris Barrett
Prudhoe
Northumberland
T: 01661 612171
E: castleandeltringham@gmail.com
Committee and Appointed Roles
Chair of Planning, Contracts and Works Committee
Member of Human Resources Committee
Member of Cemetery and War Memorial Committee
Member of Finance Committee
Representative Prudhoe Town Twinning Association
Representative Tyne Valley Parish Council Active Travel Route
Duncan Couchman
5 Cheyne Road
Prudhoe
Northumberland
NE42 5PE
T: 01661 832033
E: duncancouchman@gmail.com
Committee and Appointed Roles
Member of Planning, Contract and Works Committee
Member of Human Resources Committee
Member of Cemetery and War Memorial Committee
Representative on Prudhoe Pathforce
Representative Tyne Valley Community Rail Partnership
Jonathan Wheeler
72 Castle Road
Prudhoe
Northumberland
NE42 6NE
T: 01661 598007
E: councillorwheeler@gmail.com
Committee and Appointed Roles
Chair of Cemetery and War Memorial Committee
Member of Finance Committee
Representative Tyne Valley Parish Council Active Travel Route
Mickley Ward
Christine Cuthbert
T: 07979340735
E: chris.cuthbert@prudhoetowncouncil.gov.uk
Committee and Appointed Roles
Chair of Finance Committee
Member of Planning, Contract and Works Committee
Member of Human Resources Committee
Representative Northumberland Association of Local Councils (shared with Cllr Dot Dickinson)
Representative NCC Town & Parish Council Liaison Working Group
Representative Borderlands Place Programme
Representative East Tyndale Local Council’s Forum (shared with Cllr Bryan Futers)
West Wylam
Paddy O’Kelly
Prudhoe
Northumberland
T:
E: paddy.okelly@prudhoetowncouncil.gov.uk
Committee and Appointed Roles
Member of Planning, Contract and Works Committee
Member of Finance Committee
Member of Cemetery and War Memorial Committee
Jane Johnson
Prudhoe
Northumberland
NE42
T:
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Committee and Appointed Roles
Member of Planning, Contract and Works Committee
Angie Scott
8 Priestclose Road
Prudhoe
Northumberland
T: 07890046702
E: angiedickinsonscott@gmail.com
Committee and Appointed Roles
Member of Cemetery and War Memorial Committee
Representative on Prudhoe Youth Project
Prudhoe Hall
Glenn Simpson
11 Oaktree Terrace
Prudhoe
Northumberland
NE42 5BH
T: 07719 940 918 or (01661) 835549
E: westwylam@yahoo.co.uk
Committee and Appointed Roles
Kiran Bell
Prudhoe
Northumberland
Committee and Appointed Roles
Vice-Chair of Planning, Contract and Works Committee
Member of Cemetery and War Memorial Committee
Carol Stephenson
5 Moor Road
Prudhoe
Northumberland
NE42 5LH
T: 01661 598096 or 07904082698
E: carol.stephenson@prudhoetowncouncil.gov.uk
Committee and Appointed Roles
Member of Planning, Contract and Works Committee
Representative on Prudhoe Pathforce
Castlefields & Low Prudhoe
Gerry Price
3 Heather Lea Lane
Prudhoe
Northumberland
NE42 5QR
T: 01661 833382
E: gerry.price@prudhoetowncouncil.gov.uk
Committee and Appointed Roles
Member of Human Resources Committee
Member of Finance Committee
Representative Tyne Valley Community Rail Partnership
Representative Prudhoe Youth Project
Ignasious Varghese
2 Heather Lea Lane
Prudhoe
Northumberland
NE42 5QR
T: 01661 599316
E: ignasioushi@yahoo.co.uk
Committee and Appointed Roles
Member of Planning, Contract and Works Committee
Please note that conduct in relation to interests and the registration of them, are regulated by the Localism Act 2011, sections 26-34. They require the Monitoring Officer of the principle council, i.e. Northumberland County Council, to establish and maintain the register, which is available in the above link.