Peter Smith, Baron Smith of Leigh

The Right Honourable
The Lord Smith of Leigh
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Life peerage
5 August 1999 – 2 August 2021
3rd Executive Leader of Wigan Council
In office
1991 – 10 May 2018
Succeeded byDavid Molyneux
Councillor for Leigh West
on Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council
In office
1978–2021
Personal details
BornPeter Richard Charles Smith
(1945-07-24)24 July 1945
Firs Maternity Home, Leigh, Lancashire, England, U.K.
Died2 August 2021(2021-08-02) (aged 76)
PartyLabour
Alma materLSE

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 where he graduated in politics and economics. 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.[1]

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.[2] Created a Life Peer on 5 August 1999 as Baron Smith of Leigh, of Wigan in the County of Greater Manchester,[3] since 2005 he has been treasurer of the Rugby League Group and, since 2006, vice-chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party's Departmental Committee for Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. He was the chairman of Local Government Leadership, a body seeking to develop leadership skills in local government.[4]

He was chair of The Association of Greater Manchester Authorities (AGMA) from 2000 to 2021. He chaired the successor Greater Manchester Combined Authority from its creation in 2011 until the appointment of the interim Mayor in 2015.[5]

Personal life

Lord Smith was married to Joy Smith (née Booth) with one daughter, the artist Anna F C Smith.[6]

On 3 August 2021, it was announced that he had died at the age of 76.[7]

Elections contested

Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council elections

Year Ward Party Votes % votes Position Ref.
1976 Lilford-St Josephs-St Thomas Labour 1,595 44.0 2nd of 3 [8]
1978 Etherstone and St Marys Labour 1,386 46.6 Won [8]
1980 Leigh Central Labour 2,112 72.7 Elected [8]
1982 Leigh Central Labour 2,002 72.4 Won [8]
1986 Leigh Central Labour Unopposed [8]
1990 Leigh Central Labour Unopposed [8]
1994 Leigh Central Labour Unopposed [8]
1998 Leigh Central Labour 1,233 80.6 Won [8]
2002 Leigh Central Labour 1,298 71.7 Won [8]
2004 Leigh West Labour 1,503 59.1 Elected [8]
2006 Leigh West Labour 1,377 54.9 Won [8]
2010 Leigh West Labour 2,509 46.7 Won [8]
2014 Leigh West Labour 2,005 75.3 Won [9]
2018 Leigh West Labour 1,308 54.1 Won [10]

See also

References

  1. ↑ www.boltonschool.org
  2. ↑ "Lord Smith of Leigh". UK Parliament. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
  3. ↑ "No. 55577". The London Gazette. 10 August 1999. p. 1.
  4. ↑ "Lord Smith of Leigh". Government Accountability and the Civil Service. Archived from the original on 28 July 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
  5. ↑ "Parliamentary career for Lord Smith of Leigh - MPs and Lords - UK Parliament". members.parliament.uk. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  6. ↑ www.saatchiart.com
  7. ↑ Mulligan, Simon (3 August 2021). "Tributes paid to former council leader Lord Peter Smith who has died". Leigh Journal.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 July 2024.
  9. ↑ "Results for Leigh West for the local election held on 22 May 2014". Wigan Council. 22 May 2014. Archived from the original on 6 August 2026.
  10. ↑ "Results for Leigh West for the local election held on 03 May 2018". Wigan Council. 3 May 2018. Archived from the original on 6 August 2026.
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