Elected CFA Members

The Cleveland Fire Authority was established on 1 April 1996, as a Combined Fire Authority and is responsible for the provision of fire and rescue services to the areas covered by the borough councils of Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar & Cleveland and Stockton on Tees.

The 16 Members of the Authority are elected Members nominated by the four constituent Borough Councils – Hartlepool (three Members), Middlesbrough (four Members), Redcar & Cleveland (four Members) and Stockton on Tees (five Members).

The Chair of Cleveland Fire Authority for 2023/24 is Councillor David Coupe who was elected at the Annual Meeting on 9 June 2023.

The Vice-Chair for 2023/24 is Councillor Sufi Mubeen.

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    Members

    Councillor Ben Clayton – Labour

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    Councillor Ben Clayton was appointed to Cleveland Fire Authority in June 2021 by Hartlepool Borough Council where he represents Manor House Ward.

    Councillor Clayton is a Member of the Authority’s Executive Committee and an Employer Representative of the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme Local Pension Board.

    c/o Hartlepool Borough Council, Civic Centre, Victoria Road, Hartlepool, TS24 8AY

    Tel: 07590458901

    Email: ben.clayton@hartlepool.gov.uk

    Councillor Dennis McCabe – Middlesbrough Independent Councillors Association (MICA)

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    Councillor Dennis McCabe was appointed to Cleveland Fire Authority in June 2023 by Middlesbrough Council where he represents Trimdon Ward.

    Councillor McCabe is a Member of the Audit and Governance Committee and an Employer Representative of the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme Local Pension Board.

    Councillor McCabe is also a substitute representative for the LGA Fire Commission.

     

     

    Councillor David Taylor – Conservative

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    Councillor David Taylor was appointed to Cleveland Fire Authority in June 2023 by Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council where he represents Eston Ward.

    Councillor Taylor is Vice-Chair of the Audit and Governance Committee.

     

    Email: davetaylor.dlt@hotmail.co.uk

    Councillor Henry Ashton – Conservative & Independent Coalition

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    Councillor Henry Ashton was appointed to Cleveland Fire Authority in June 2023 by Hartlepool Borough Council where he represents Manor House Ward.

    Councillor Ashton is a Member of the Audit & Governance Committee.

     

     

     

    c/o Hartlepool Borough Council
    Civic Centre
    Victoria Road
    Hartlepool
    TS24 8AY

    Email: henry.ashton@hartlepool.gov.uk

    Councillor Jim Beall – Labour

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    Councillor Jim Beall was appointed to Cleveland Fire Authority in June 2023 by Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council where he represents Roseworth Ward.

    Councillor Beall is a Member of the Authority’s Audit & Governance Committee.

     

    23 Laurelwood Road
    Northshore
    Stockton-on Tees
    TS18 2SQ

    Tel: 01642 871759

    Email: jim.beall@stockton.gov.uk

    Councillor Peter Chaney – Labour

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    Councillor Peter Chaney was appointed to Cleveland Fire Authority in June 2023 by Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council where he represents Teeseville Ward.

    Councillor Chaney is a Member of the Executive Committee

    34 Lime Crescent
    Middlesbrough
    TS6 0BU

    Email: peter_chaney@middlesbrough.gov.uk

    Councillor David Coupe – Conservative (Chair)

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    Councillor David Coupe was appointed to Cleveland Fire Authority in June 2023 by Middlesbrough Council where he represents Stainton & Thornton Ward.

    Councillor Coupe was appointed Chair of the Fire Authority at the Annual Meeting on 9 June 2023. He also Chairs the Executive Committee and represents the Authority on the LGA Fire Commission.

    Email: david_coupe@middlesbrough.gov.uk

    Councillor John Gardner – Conservative

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    Councillor John Gardner was appointed to Cleveland Fire Authority in June 2023 by Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council where he represents Northern Parishes Ward.

    Councillor Gardner is a Member of the Audit & Governance Committee and an Employer Representative of the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme Local Pension Board.

     

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    c/o Stockton Borough Council, Municipal Buildings
    Stockton
    TS18 1LD

    Email: john.gardner@stockton.gov.uk

    Councillor Stefan Houghton – Conservative

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    Councillor Stefan Houghton was appointed to Cleveland Fire Authority in June 2023 by Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council where he represents Eaglescliffe Ward.

    Councillor Houghton is a Member of the Audit & Governance Committee and represents the Authority on the Stockton Safer Partnership.

    Councillor Naweed Hussain (Labour)

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    Councillor Hussain was appointed to Cleveland Fire Authority in June 2023 by Middlesbrough Council where he represents Linthorpe Ward.

    Councillor Hussain is a Member of the Audit and Governance Committee.

    c/o Democratic Services
    Town Hall
    Middlesbrough
    TS1 9FX

    Tel: 07766252524

    Email: naweed_hussain@middlesbrough.gov.uk

    Councillor John Kabuye – Labour

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    Councillor John Kabuye was appointed to Cleveland Fire Authority in June 2023 by Middlesbrough Council where he represents Newport Ward.

    Councillor Kabuye is a Member of the Audit & Governance Committee.

    Email: john_kabuye@middlesbrough.gov.uk

    Councillor Steve Kay – Independent Group

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    Councillor Steve Kay was appointed to Cleveland Fire Authority in June 2023 by Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council where he represents Lockwood Ward.

    Councillor Kay is Chair of the Audit & Governance Committee.

    Email: steve.kay@redcar-cleveland.gov.uk

    Councillor John Leedham – Conservative & Independent Coalition

    Councillor John Leedham was appointed to Cleveland Fire Authority in February 2024 by Hartlepool Borough Council where he represents Hart Ward.

    Councillor Leedham is a Member of the Authority’s Executive Committee.

    c/o Hartlepool Borough Council, Civic Centre TS24 8AY

    Tel: 07735193451

    Email: john.leedham@hartlepool.gov.uk

    Councillor Sufi Mubeen – Conservative (Vice-Chair)

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    Councillor Sufi Mubeen was appointed to Cleveland Fire Authority in June 2023 by Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council where he represents Ropner Ward.

    Councillor Mubeen is Vice-Chair of the Authority and is a Member of the Executive Committee.

     

     

     

     

     

    c/o Stockton Borough Council, Municipal Buildings
    STOCKTON
    TS18 1LD

    Tel: 07818 586781

    Email: sufi.mubeen@stockton.gov.uk

    Councillor Mary Ovens – Liberal Democrat

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    Councillor Mary Ovens was appointed to the Cleveland Fire Authority in June 2007 by Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council where she represents West Dyke Ward.

    Councillor Ovens is a Member of the Authority’s Executive Committee.

    71 Egton Close,
    Redcar, TS10 4PQ

    Tel: 01642 507104

    Email: mary.ovens@redcar-cleveland.gov.uk

    Councillor Mick Stoker – Labour

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    Councillor Mick Stoker was appointed to Cleveland Fire Authority in June 2023 by Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council where he represents Billingham East Ward.

    Councillor Stoker is a Member of the Executive Committee.

    5 Hardwick Road
    Billingham
    TS23 3JX

    Email: mick.stoker@stockton.gov.uk


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