Peter Smith, Baron Smith of Leigh
   HOME

TheInfoList



Click Here for Items Related To - Peter Smith, Baron Smith of Leigh
OR:
Peter Smith, Baron Smith of Leigh on:   [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Amazon]

Peter Richard Charles Smith, Baron Smith of Leigh (24 July 1945 – 2 August 2021) was a British Labour local politician and life peer.


Career

Peter Smith was educated at Bolton School before going up to
LSE LSE may refer to: Computing * LSE (programming language), a computer programming language * LSE, Latent sector error, a media assessment measure related to the hard disk drive storage technology * Language-Sensitive Editor, a text editor used ...
where he graduated in
economics Economics () is the social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interactions of economic agents and how economies work. Microeconomics analyzes ...
. Whilst serving as Leader of Wigan Council and undertaking his duties at the House of Lords, he also completed an MSc in Urban Studies at the
University of Salford , caption = Coat of ArmsUniversity of Salford , mottoeng = "Let us seek higher things" , established = 1850 - Pendleton Mechanics Institute 1896 – Royal Technical Institute, Salford 1967 – gained ...
. Smith had 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 In England, local authorities are required to adopt one of three types of executive arrangements, having either an "elected mayor and cabinet", a "leader and cabinet", or a "committee system". The type of arrangement used determines how decisions ...
. Created a Life Peer on 5 August 1999 as Baron Smith of Leigh, of
Wigan Wigan ( ) is a large town in Greater Manchester, England, on the River Douglas. The town is midway between the two cities of Manchester, to the south-east, and Liverpool, to the south-west. Bolton lies to the north-east and Warrington t ...
in the
County A county is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposes Chambers Dictionary, L. Brookes (ed.), 2005, Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh in certain modern nations. The term is derived from the Old French ...
of
Greater Manchester Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county and combined authority area in North West England, with a population of 2.8 million; comprising ten metropolitan boroughs: Manchester, Salford, Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tam ...
, since 2005 he has been Treasurer of the Rugby League Group and, since 2006, Vice-Chair of the
Parliamentary Labour Party In UK politics, the Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP) is the parliamentary group of the Labour Party in Parliament, i.e. Labour MPs as a collective body. Commentators on the British Constitution sometimes draw a distinction between the Labour ...
's Departmental Committee for Office of the
Deputy Prime Minister A deputy prime minister or vice prime minister is, in some countries, a government minister who can take the position of acting prime minister when the prime minister is temporarily absent. The position is often likened to that of a vice president ...
. He was the Chairman of Local Government Leadership, a body seeking to develop leadership skills in local government. He was Chair of The Association of Greater Manchester Authorities (AGMA) from 2000 to 2021. He chaired the successor
Greater Manchester Combined Authority The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) is a combined authority for Greater Manchester, England. It was established on 1 April 2011 and consists of 11 members; 10 indirectly elected members, each a directly elected councillor from one ...
from its creation in 2011 until the appointment of the interim Mayor in 2015.


Personal life

Lord Smith was married with one daughter, the artist Anna F C Smith. On 3 August 2021, it was announced that he had died at the age of 76.


See also

* Metropolitan Borough of Wigan


References


External links


Lord Smith of Leigh

''Burke's Peerage & Baronetage''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Peter, Baron Smith Of Leigh 1945 births 2021 deaths Alumni of the London School of Economics Labour Party (UK) life peers People educated at Bolton School People from Wigan People from Lowton Life peers created by Elizabeth II Members of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority