Our Councillors
There are 14 Councillors on Hexham Town Council. They are elected on Local Election Day (usually a Thursday in early May) to serve for a four-year term. If a Councillor steps down, a by-election may be held and the newly elected Councillor will serve for the rest of the current term.
Town Councillors are entitled to small allowances but the Councillors have voted not to receive these (unless for example, a Councillor undertakes significant travel on behalf of the Town Council).
Hexham is represented on Northumberland County Council by three County Councillors.
Town Councillors are elected in 3 Hexham wards (maps below), each returning multiple Councillors, as follows:
Hexham Gilesgate (Central): 3 Councillors Gilesgate Map
Hexham Priestpopple (East): 6 Councillors Priestpopple Map
Hexham Leazes (West): 5 Councillors Leazes Map
MR STEPHEN BALL
COUNCILLOR
Community Engagement Committee
Finance and General Purposes Committee
Gilesgate Ward
Mr NEIL PARK
COUNCILLOR
Community Engagement Committee
Priestpopple Ward
MR DOM MCDERMOTT
COUNCILLOR
Gilesgate Ward
MR MIKE DOMINGUE
COUNCILLOR
Community Engagement Committee
Chairperson of Planning and Infrastructure Committee
Finance and General Purposes Committee
Priestpopple Ward
DR SUZANNE FAIRLESS-AITKEN
COUNCILLOR & COUNTY COUNCILLOR FOR
Hexham East division
Chairperson of Community Engagement Committee
Chairperson of Remembrance Events Sub-Committee
Priestpopple Ward
PENNY GRENNAN
COUNCILLOR
DEPUTY MAYOR
Community Engagement Committee
Planning and Infrastructure Committee
Gilesgate Ward
FAY HARTLAND
COUNCILLOR
Chairperson of Finance and General Purposes Committee
Planning and Infrastructure Committee
Leazes Ward
MR DEREK KENNEDY
COUNCILLOR & COUNTY COUNCILLOR FOR
Hexham West division
MAYOR
Community Engagement Committee
Planning and Infrastructure Committee
Finance and General Purposes Committee
Neighbourhood Plan Committee
Remembrance Events Sub-Committee
Leazes Ward
MR ROGER HIGGINS
COUNCILLOR
Planning & Infrastructure Committee
Gilesgate Ward
MR JOHN ORD
COUNCILLOR
Planning and Infrastructure Committee
Community Engagement Committee
Finance and General Purposes Committee
Gilesgate Ward
MR DAVID WRIGHT
COUNCILLOR
Finance & General Purposes Committee
Priestpopple Ward
MR TOM SHARLOT
COUNCILLOR
Planning & Infrastructure Committee
Leazes Ward
MR SIMON KITCHEN
COUNCILLOR
Community Engagement Committee
Priestpopple Ward
MR NIGEL PORTER
COUNCILLOR
Planning and Infrastructure Committee
Finance and General Purposes Committee
Mr Andrew Gooding
TOWN CLERK
Councillors’ Interests
Please note that the Town Council keeps original paper copies and a register of members’ interests but that Northumberland County Council maintains a list of Councillors’ interests available from the NCC web site.
Councillors’ Blogs
In late 2021 Councillors started blogs relating to individual interests:
http://hexhamcommunity.net/2021/12/