Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council

Gibson, Robert

A little about me
I worked locally for 33 years as a woodwork machinist at F. Hills & Sons and for as long as I can remember have been involved with the trade union movement and politics. I was first elected as a councillor in 1982 to Cleveland County Council and then in 1983 to Stockton Borough Council. I was Leader of Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council for about 17 years. I was Mayor of the Council in 1996-1997 and in 2006 I was awarded an OBE for services to local government in the North East. In my free time I enjoy gardening, walking and travelling. 

More about my council and community work
I am a member of the Tristar and VELA Housing Group Boards and am looking forward to overseeing the new development programme which has now been agreed by both boards which will allow Tristar to begin to fulfil the promises made to our tenants in the offer document.

Although I have now stepped down as Leader of the Council and of the Labour Group, I still hope to be very much involved in the work of the Council.  I am a member of several committees and I chair the planning committee and am also the Councils representative on the Teesside Pension Fund.

In the Newtown community, the Newtown Community Centre, as was, has grown over the years and is now two different companies, Know How North East and Jobs North East.  We now have centres in Norton, Billingham and Port Clarence.  We recently reopened the Post Office in Port Clarence with a great deal of support from the Post Office Counters and the community.   

For details of the work of Know How North East, please telephone 01642 614126

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