Anne Western (born 27 December 1955) is a Labour Party politician and former Leader of Derbyshire County Council.

Career

Derbyshire County Council

Western represents the

Barlborough Barlborough is a village and civil parish in the Bolsover district of Derbyshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 3,018, increasing to 3,261 at the 2011 Census. The village is near junction 30 of the M1 motorway an ...

and

Clowne Clowne is a village and civil parish in the Bolsover district of Derbyshire, England. The population at the 2001 Census was 7,447 increasing to 7,590 (and including Harlesthorpe) at the 2011 Census. It forms part of the Bolsover constituency. ...

division on Derbyshire County Council. Barlborough is in Bolsover District, a traditionally Labour-voting area. She was first elected to Derbyshire County Council in 1997. She was Deputy Leader of the council from 2004-09. In the 2005 elections, her seat was uncontested. Previously, when Labour were in power, she had responsibility for Children's Services (previously Health and Social Care). She has also sat on Barlborough Parish Council. After the

2009 Derbyshire County Council election Elections to Derbyshire County Council took place on 4 June 2009 as part of the 2009 United Kingdom local elections, having been delayed from 7 May, in order to coincide with elections to the European Parliament. All locally registered elector ...

on 4 June 2009, when Labour lost 16 seats to retain 22, she became the Leader of the Labour group. In the 2009 elections, nearly all of Labour's seats were in either the districts of Bolsover, Chesterfield or

North East Derbyshire North East Derbyshire is a local government district in Derbyshire, England. It borders the districts of Chesterfield, Bolsover, Amber Valley and Derbyshire Dales in Derbyshire, and Sheffield and Rotherham in South Yorkshire. The populatio ...

Council leader

Western became the first female leader of Derbyshire County Council in May 2013. In the

2013 Derbyshire County Council election An election to Derbyshire County Council took place on 2 May 2013 as part of the 2013 United Kingdom local elections. Following the final draft of the 2012 electoral review, 64 councillors were elected from 61 electoral divisions which returned ...

, Labour took 43 seats, the Conservatives 18 and the Liberal Democrats 3. She won with 1519 votes, with

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coming second with 526 votes.

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Barlborough and Clowne ward

Derbyshire County Council executive

Anne Western at Derbyshire Labour group
{{DEFAULTSORT:Western, Anne 1955 births Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Councillors in Derbyshire Labour Party (UK) councillors Local government in Derbyshire People from Barlborough People from Chesterfield, Derbyshire Living people Leaders of local authorities of England Women councillors in England

Career

Derbyshire County Council

Council leader

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