Vic moved to Yelverton sixteen years ago with his wife Nicolette and their son Jack, who attended the local primary school.

He is an experienced Councillor and is a strong Community Champion for Rockland ward with a proven commitment to working with Parish Councils and representing local residents.

Vic is also a County Councillor for Henstead division which covers Poringland, Framingham Earl and surrounding villages. He was chosen to be a member of the Broads Authority.

Now retired he is focused to keep the South Norfolk Council well managed doing more for less to benefit local people with the cost of living.

Vic started his career as a teacher in Cheshire. Following a Masters degree in Education he became Head Teacher of a Special School in Oxfordshire. He then became an executive in financial services at Hambros Bank and was a regular contributor on LBC and the BBC.

This led to Vic starting a company that developed a software system to detect fraudulent documents. His system is now used throughout the UK in Banks, Hotels, NHS trusts, Councils and Universities. Vic is worried about the effect of climate change and is working with the Council to ensure we built on our successes so far. He is proud that our carbon reductions are the best of any Council in Norfolk. Vic is a champion for tree planting, wilding verges and projects like “The Bee Line” in local villages.

Vic has championed the installation of EV charging points in the villages and on the river so boaters do not need to run diesel engines to charge electric batteries.

He is pleased to have been involved with the extention to the Bramerton and other local conservation areas which protects our built environment and contribute to our quality of life.

Vic is an active golfer and has the proven enthusiasm, energy and commitment required to be a district councillor.

He cares about people and knows his local area well and is an effective community champion for local people.

He says “As an experienced Councillor I am fortunate that I am in a position to get things sorted for local people in the local villages. I derive a great deal of personal satisfaction from helping those who come to me to solve their problems.”