Councillor Victoria Alcock was born in Great Yarmouth, the youngest of four children. The family moved to Chesterfield in 1981 and Victoria attended the local primary school and high school, before being accepted by Chesterfield College where she studied Performing Arts.

At eighteen, Victoria moved to Stratford-upon-Avon to continue her performing arts education.  She met her husband, Gary in 1998 and they married a year later at Shottery St Andrews Church. They have two children, Kerry who attends The Willows and a baby boy, Anthony.

Career History
Education behind her, Councillor Allcock worked full time for a few months at the Old Thatch Tavern before moving to Sitel selling for Powergen and won the shield as best sales person in 2000.

Changing career, Victoria became Sub Post Mistress at the post office in Drayton Avenue, before moving to Freshfields Nursery in 2003.  Although working full time, she studied hard to gain child care qualifications and completed her NVQ Level 3 in 2009, of which she is justifiably proud.