Elected Councillors

Lesley studied Law at Newcastle Polytechnic followed by articles. Moving to Petersfield in 1977 Lesley has two children who attended Bedales. Lesley was a committee member of Save the Children for 34 years, and became a Councillor in 2011. Having served on Petersfield Town Council for 13 years, three of which were as Mayor, she is now a member of Finance & General Purposes and Sports, Recreation & Environment Committee. Subsequently being chairman of Grounds for 4 years and one of the main facilitators of bringing the Grounds work in-house. Lesley’s interests include race judging for Cowes Week and general history.

Phil and his wife have lived in Petersfield since 1984. Initially from Glossop in Derbyshire, he came to the area in the 1970s when he joined the Royal Navy and fell in love with the town. After 24 years in the Royal Navy Phil qualified as a Mental Health Nurse. After qualifying he spent 12 years as a Community Mental Health Nurse for older people in Petersfield before moving into clinical research and finally senior management in Clinical Commissioning. He retired in 2018. Phil was our Town Mayor in 2021-22 and is also an East Hampshire District Councillor for Petersfield St Peter’s ward.

John has lived in East Hampshire with his family for over 30 years and prior to retiring he worked for several international companies including Unilever and Cadbury Schweppes in a variety of sales & marketing roles. He has been a Petersfield Town Councillor for four years working within his ward plus being involved in a number of specialist roles which have including the ongoing proposed redevelopment of our iconic Festival Hall. In this capacity John organised and facilitated a town public consultation to ensure all residents were aware of the proposed redevelopment of the Festival Hall. This was described as the largest public consultation ever undertaken in Petersfield and ensured many hundreds of residents know about the refurb proposals. John’s other public role has been the chairman of the Ramshill Residents Association during which time he oversaw the installation of a new children’s playground on the estate plus liaising with partner organisations such as HCC, EHDC, the PTC and the estates developers. John’s outside interests include playing bridge, travelling to France to visit his French family and grandchildren and walking with his dog Fudge.

Steve has represented Petersfield Town Council as planning Chairman, on Public Halls & Town Development committees plus Petersfield Town Council grants panel, Steve will this year representing the council on The Public Halls, Finance and General-Purpose Committees plus reviewing all community grants on the grants panel. Steve is currently a Material Supervisor for a major electronic manufacturing Company who manufacture Power Supplies for the Military, Industrial and Commercial markets in Bordon, he has worked for the same company for over 36 years. Steve is married to his wife Bernadette, has two stepsons and four grandchildren. He has lived in Petersfield since 1971 and has three brothers who also grew up within the town. Steve has represented his community since 2010 as Chairman East Petersfield Community Group, Petersfield Street Watch Coordinator plus becoming a Petersfield Town Councillor in 2019. Steve has been awarded a Petersfield Town Medal 2012 and East Hampshire District Council Unsung Hero Award 2017 for his services to the Town. Steve shares his spare time between his family, his love for Portsmouth Football club and the community which he is so passionate about.

Member of Planning, Finance & General Purposes and Chairman of Sports, Recreations & Environment Committee. Jamie is married and has lived in Petersfield since 2006. He graduated as an Electrical Engineer and works as a broadcast technology consultant. Jamie is an active member of Petersfield Round Table. Since 2012 Jamie has played a key role in the Petersfield Neighbourhood Plan project team and steering group. He was elected to the Town Council in May 2015.

JC is married with two daughters and together they have lived in Petersfield for over forty years. Since 2002 he has been CEO of London Pictures Limited and before that he was a marketing director for IBM for 14 years. He has a BA in marketing, an MBA in marketing and finance, a PhD from Royal Holloway and is a Fellow with the Chartered Institute of Marketing. He is also a Life Member of the British Academy of Film and Television, enjoys walks with his family in the South Downs, all sport (lifelong Pompey supporter), the performing arts, visiting Chawton House and time with family.

Mary was born at the local cottage hospital and went to school at Sheet Primary and Petersfield Secondary Schools, before attending Private School. Mary first spent time as a children's nanny before joining the family firm, Rowland Son & Vincent Ltd, first in the office, then time on the shop floor, where she was in charge of the china department and helping on the funeral side. Mary qualifield as a Funeral Director and ran the funeral side of the business until retirement when her niece took over. Mary was a member of the Petersfield in Boom Committee until is was absorbed into Petersfield Town Council. Mary was a member of the Petersfield Operatic Society, Hi-Lights and Petersfield Bowling Club. Mary was first elected to Petersfield Town Council in 1995 and served for 24 happy years, being on most committees, Chair of Planning and Grounds, and two terms as Town Mayor. Mary was reelected for Rother Ward and is delighted to be back, promising to do everything she can for her ward and her town, of which we are all very proud.

Martin Holmes has lived in Petersfield all of his life. He started work at EHDC when he left school in 1979 and for a few years went self-employed with his own printing business behind the Petersfield Bookshop. When the printing business wound down as computers took over way back in the year 2005, he started up his own removals firm which he still runs until this day. Martin is pleased to represent St Peter's Ward on the Town Council. Martin is on Planning, Public Halls and Sports, Recreation & Environment Committee. Also on the appeals panel.

Petersfield has always been Thomas Figgins home whilst living abroad for most of his life, coming back every summer to visit friends and family in the community and in the country. He moved back permanently at the start of the pandemic so as to pursue A-levels instead of the IB system he had been doing abroad so as to specifically study politics, history and other studies. He is now currently studying in British politics and Legislative studies at the University of Hull, but wants to do as much as he can to help the local community at the most grassroots level of government in the country alongside his educational endeavours. Thomas was co-opted on to the council in 2023 and is now part of Planning & Public Halls Committees.

Christopher Paige has lived in Petersfield since 2016 with his wife and family. Chris served 11.5 years in the British Army in various international deployments, and since leaving the Army in 2013, he has spent most of his employment within the NHS and Healthcare industry as an IT engineer. This is mainly in Ministry of Justice sites such as Prisons and Immigration centers in the south of England but does include hospitals and surgical centers. In his free time Chris enjoys golf, and course-fishing. An active member of the Petersfield Branch of the Royal British Legion, Chris was pivotal to the Town Council pledging to the Armed Forces Covenant and has proactively leads armed forces initiatives. Chris is Chairman of Public Halls and on F&GP Committee.

Anne moved to Petersfield in 2023 after getting to know the town whilst living in Fareham. She is retired, after over 30 years spent teaching science in both the state and private system. During this time she had to juggle a demanding full time job and bring up two girls whilst being a carer for her husband who died of Huntington's disease. She is Chair of the Hampshire Huntington’s Disease Association. She grew up in a small town where the family had a chemist shop; so she has an understanding of the importance of the high street and the challenges faced by local businesses. She has a life-long interest in the environment. She is an Independent co-opted member who is keen to represent the views of Causeway residents.
PTC committees: Sports, Recreation and Environment, Planning, F&GP.