Gary Porter, Baron Porter of Spalding

Gary Andrew Porter, Baron Porter of Spalding CBE is a British Conservative politician, local government leader, member of the House of Lords and a South Holland (Lincolnshire) district councillor, who was elected unopposed as Chair of the Local Government Association in June 2015.[1] Nominated for a life peerage in August 2015,[2] he was created Baron Porter of Spalding, of Spalding in the County of Lincolnshire on 15 October 2015.[3][4]

The Right Honourable The Lord Porter of Spalding CBE
Porter in 2018
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
Incumbent
Assumed office 17 November 2015 Life Peerage
Personal details
Born	September 8, 1960
Political party	Conservative
Alma mater	De Montfort University (BA, 2000) Canterbury Christ Church University (Postgraduate Certificate, 2011)

He was educated at De Montfort University (BA, 2000) and Canterbury Christ Church University (Postgraduate Certificate, 2011).[5]

References

1. "Cllr Gary Porter is the new Chairman of the Local Government Association | Conservative Home". Conservative Home. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
2. "Dissolution Peerages 2015". Gov.uk. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
3. "No. 61387". The London Gazette. 21 October 2015. p. 19762.
4. "LGA chair Gary Porter made a Lord". www.publicsectorexecutive.com. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
5. 2018 "Porter of Spalding, Baron, (Gary Andrew Porter), Chairman, Local Government Association, since 2015 (Vice Chairman, 2011–15)." WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 31 Jan. 2019