Peter Smith, Baron Smith of Leigh

Peter Richard Charles Smith, Baron Smith of Leigh (born 24 July 1945) is a British Labour Life Peer from Lancashire.


The Lord Smith of Leigh
Official Wigan Borough Council portrait of
Lord Smith
Executive Leader of Wigan Council
In office
1991  10 May 2018
Succeeded byDavid Molyneux
Councillor for Leigh West
on Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council
Assumed office
1978
Personal details
Born
Peter Richard Charles Smith

(1945-07-24) 24 July 1945
Lowton, Lancashire
Political partyLabour
Alma materLSE

Career

From a Lowton family, Peter Smith was educated at Bolton School before going up to LSE where he graduated in economics.[1]

Smith has been a member of Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council since 1978 and was Chairman of its Finance Committee from 1982 to 1991; from 1991 to 2018, he served as Leader of the Council.[2] Created a Life Peer on 5 August 1999 as Baron Smith of Leigh, of Wigan in the County of Greater Manchester,[3] since 2005 he has been Treasurer of the Rugby League Group and, since 2006, Vice-Chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party's Departmental Committee for Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. He is currently the Chairman of Local Government Leadership, a body seeking to develop leadership skills in local government.[4]

Chair of The Association of Greater Manchester Authorities (AGMA) from 2000-present, he chaired the successor Greater Manchester Combined Authority from its creation in 2011 until the appointment of the interim Mayor in 2015[5]

Lord Smith is married with one daughter, the artist Anna F C Smith.[6]

See also

References

  1. www.boltonschool.org
  2. "Lord Smith of Leigh". UK Parliament. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
  3. "No. 55577". The London Gazette. 10 August 1999. p. 1.
  4. "Lord Smith of Leigh". Government Accountability and the Civil Service. Archived from the original on 28 July 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
  5. http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-smith-of-leigh/2509
  6. www.saatchiart.com
Orders of precedence in the United Kingdom
Preceded by
The Lord MacKenzie of Culkein
Gentlemen
Baron Smith of Leigh
Followed by
The Lord Robertson of Port Ellen
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