Paul Tilsley

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is a British local politician. He was deputy leader of

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and the senior

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in the council's ruling Liberal Democrat–

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coalition. , he is the council's longest-serving member, and was previously

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, in 1993–4. As a

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, he represents the

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, and was previously a councillor in Aston ward. He was Chairman of the Birmingham Strategic Partnership from October 2005 until May 2012. In January 2016, he announced his decision to stand down as leader of the council's Lib Dem group, a position held since June 2005, but to remain a back bencher. Following the death in March 2017 of Cllr Ray Hassall, who was Deputy Lord Mayor, Tilsley was elected by the Council to complete his term of office.

Biography

He was responsible for placing Birmingham as one of the UK's leading cities on the Sustainability and Environmental Agenda, speaking at a number of Conferences both in the UK and in Europe on this issue. From May 2005 until May 2012 he was Chairman of Digital Birmingham which brought together both public and private sector partners in driving forward the Digital Agenda to make Birmingham a leading "edge" City. One of his major achievements was to Champion the modernisation of Birmingham City Councils IT system, which has seen a wholesale change in the way that the Council conducts its business, and communicates and does business with its 1,000,000 citizens. He was appointed

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(MBE) in the 1991 Birthday Honours for "political and public service" and

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(CBE) in the

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for services to local government.

References

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