Stephen Houghton

Sir Stephen Geoffrey Houghton CBE (born 1958) is a British local government leader.

Stephen Houghton graduated from Birmingham University with an MSc in Local Governance in 2004.[1]

Sir Stephen became leader of Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council in 1996. Houghton became Chair of the Special Interest Group of Metropolitan Authorities (SIGOMA) in 1999.[2]

Houghton was appointed a Knight Bachelor in the 2013 Birthday Honours for parliamentary and political services. Houghton was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to Local Government in the 2004 New Year Honours.[3]

References
  1. http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/Documents/alumni/old-joe/Old-Joe-autumn-2013.pdf
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-10-23. Retrieved 2015-09-01.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3357011.stm
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