Cllr Phil Matthews

Phil is an experienced local councillor having previously served:

•  Woodford Parish Council from 1964 until 1974
• Amesbury Rural District Council 1965 until 1974 serving on the Housing and Planning Committees
• Wilton Town Council 1982 until 1985
• Wilton Town Council 2005 until 2021 serving as Mayor 2013 to 2017 and again 2021 for one year.

Phil was employed as a Telephone Engineer with British Telecom, progressing to become a full time Union Official with the Communication Workers Union.

Globally, Phil led the last cultural delegation to the Soviet Union in 1991, just three months before the collapse of the Soviet Union and was an international Observer at the Belarus Presidential Election in 2006. He has just retired as Chair of the Cultural Society for Cultural Relations with Russia and the former States of the former Soviet Union.

In addition to his duties as a local councillor he continues to volunteer at Salisbury District Hospital.