Peter Smith, Baron Smith of Leigh

Peter Smith, Baron Smith of Leigh, 2018

Peter Richard Charles Smith, Baron Smith of Leigh (* 24. July 1945 ) is a British politician of the Labor Party and Life Peer .

biography

Peter Smith had been a member of the Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council since 1978 and was chairman of the finance committee from 1982 to 1991. Since 1991 he has been the head of the local council. He was promoted to Life Peer in August 1999 as Baron Smith of Leigh , of Wigan in the County of Greater Manchester . Since 2005 he has been Treasurer of the Rugby League Group and since 2006 Vice-Chair of the PLP Departmental Committee for Office of the Deputy Prime Minister . He is currently (as of November 2012) Chairman of Local Government Leadership , an organization that supports leadership development at the local government level.

Smith has been the Chairman of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority since 2012 .

Web links

Peter Smith at Hansard (English)

Individual evidence

↑ Manchester to revive Britain's textile trade with reborn Cottonopolis . In: Manchester Evening News . November 3, 2012. Retrieved November 4, 2012.

personal data
SURNAME	Smith, Peter, Baron Smith of Leigh
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Smith, Richard Charles, Baron Smith of Leigh (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British politician, MP in the House of Lords (Labor Party)
DATE OF BIRTH	July 24, 1945

[cottonrevival-1] Manchester to revive Britain's textile trade with reborn Cottonopolis . In: Manchester Evening News . November 3, 2012. Retrieved November 4, 2012.