The Mayor of Shrewsbury

Originally born and educated in Liverpool, Bernie trained as a Gynaecologist and Fertility Specialist. He was appointed as a Consultant at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals in 1991, where he started and developed the Shropshire and Mid-Wales Fertility Centre, along with scientific, nursing and administrative colleagues, until he retired in 2020 after 29 years’ service.

Bernie began helping his local community of Meole during the Covid 19 Pandemic in 2020 and was first elected as Meole Councillor in 2021, then re-elected in 2025.

He is an active member of local community groups and has campaigned on health services, the local economy, traffic, public transport and climate issues, also on the Rea Brook and biodiversity. The Health and Wellbeing of Shrewsbury’s and Shropshire’s communities are his passion.

Bernie has a large family including 12 grandchildren who keep him busy at home. His hobbies include walking, cycling, gardening (including an allotment), travelling, 70s and 80s music, chess and golf.

Born in Market Drayton but has lived around the country, his father was a member of the Royal Air Force, he has lived in Anglesey and Christchurch Dorset to name two,he also spent four years in Germany.

Upon leaving school and living in Market Drayton once again, Kevin joined Rolls-Royce as an apprentice mechanical engineer. He was chosen to follow an HND mechanical engineering course which he completed after four years. With short time work and constant batches of redundancy, Kevin chose to join the Fire Service in 1984.

He remained in the service for nearly thirty years, which he is grateful for, having experienced many things.

He became a councillor in 2013, an ambition held for many years. He is proud of his achievements as a councillor and is very proud to have served the residents within his own community.

He is an avid Stoke City supporter and season ticket holder, and enjoys motorcycles and motorcycling.

Kevin has three children, Matthew, Sean, and Cerys, he is the grandfather of Evie-Rose, Harriet (Hatty), Luca and Noah, and husband to Jill, a nurse.