Phil Hughes: Chair and councillor, Bowes Parish Council

Phil Hughes is a councillor on Bowes Parish Council, a local council within Durham County Council's area, according to the council's own website. Phil Hughes is also Chair.

Council: Bowes Parish Council
Posts: Chair
Source: List of Councillors - Bowes Parish Council, Barnard Castle, Durham - Bowes Parish Council, Barnard Castle, read 4 November 2026 (saved copy)

How to contact Phil Hughes

No direct contact details are published for Phil Hughes in the list. Contact them through Bowes Parish Council's website.

Leaders and post holders on Bowes Parish Council

Dave Carlisle Vice-Chair

Everyone on Bowes Parish Council's published list (5).

Who has power over Bowes

Phil Hughes sits on Bowes Parish Council, at level 2 of the ten levels of power. These are the bodies above Bowes, each with its own page:

Durham County Council the principal council (level 3)
North East Mayoral Combined Authority led by Kim McGuinness
Durham Constabulary led by Joy Allen
Bishop Auckland: Dr Sam Rushworth (Labour) MP
Blaydon and Consett: Liz Twist (Labour) MP
City of Durham: Mary Kelly Foy (Labour) MP
Easington: Grahame Morris (Labour) MP
Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor: Alan Strickland (Labour) MP
North Durham: Luke Akehurst (Labour) MP
UK government and all 650 MPs
United Nations, IMF, G7 and G20

The full ladder of power over County Durham, from residents' groups to the G20.

Where this comes from

List of Councillors - Bowes Parish Council, Barnard Castle, Durham - Bowes Parish Council, Barnard Castle, read 4 November 2026 (saved copy). Published by Bowes Parish Council. The page is rebuilt from the official list each time it is read again, so anything the council changes or removes changes here too. Name or seat out of date? Tell us.