Phil Hobson

Phylip (Phil) Andrew David Hobson (born in 1968, Monmouthshire, Wales) is a Liberal Democrat politician. He is a County Councillor for the Chepstow, Larkfield Electoral Division, and also a Chepstow Town councillor for the same district, having held the office of Mayor in 2004-2005. Re-elected in 2008 and 2012 to Monmouthshire County and Chepstow Town Councils.

Working for three years during the 2008-2012 term, he was the author of an affordable housing enquiry document called "A Place to Call Home", which was adopted by the Cabinet of the County Council and became official policy of the Council.

He was the Green Party candidate in the Kensington by-election, 1988 despite the fact he was under 21 at the time (and therefore ineligible to be an MP as the qualification age for the House of Commons was not reduced to 18 until 2006). He was the Liberal Democrats Parliamentary Candidate for Manchester Central in 2001, and later for the Monmouthshire Counstituency at the UK General Election in 2005.

Following inconclusive elections in 2012 which saw the Lib Dem's lose control of Chepstow's St Mary's ward, a coalition was formed to run Monmouthshire County Council. These changes in governance saw Phil Hobson become joint Deputy Leader of a Conservative/Lib Dem controlled Council. The Lib Dems are junior partners of Monmouthshire's coalition, which is made up of 18 Tory and 3 Lib Dem County Councillors.

A background in telecommunications and publishing, marketing, public relations and social media marketing and engagement, he worked as Regional Constituency Manager and Chief of Staff for Michael German OBE AM (now Lord German of Llanfrecha), former Assembly Member for South Wales East and Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the National Assembly for Wales(1999–2008) between 2002-2010.