Christopher Martin Thomas Stokes (born 8 March 1991) is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or full-back for National League club AFC Fylde.

Stokes played for Southampton and Bristol City youth teams before joining Bolton Wanderers at the age of 14 for an undisclosed fee.

[4] [5] On 12 March 2010, he signed for Crewe Alexandra on a one-month loan deal,[6] making his debut two days later in a 1–1 draw with Torquay United and played 90 minutes.

[8] On 21 July 2010, Stokes opted to quit his trial period at Crewe to take up a similar opportunity at Walsall, however was not offered a contract by Saddlers manager Chris Hutchings.

[12] On 24 August 2011 it was announced that Stokes had been included in the England C Squad to face the India national under-23 football team side on 6 September.

[31] After three years at Coventry in which he helped the club to promotion and the 2016–17 EFL Trophy, he joined Bury on a free transfer on 16 July 2018, signing a two-year contract with the Shakers.

[36] Stokes' slotted straight into the team starting every league game before the season came to a premature end due to the global pandemic COVID-19 in March 2020, this was following an impressive display away at Swindon where Forest Green toppled the league two leaders, coming away with a deserved 0-2 victory and Stokes earning Man of the Match.

[40] On 10 January 2025, Stokes joined National League side AFC Fylde on a short-term deal until the end of the season with an option to extend.