Colin Lambert

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Colin William Lambert (born August 1958) [1] is a British politician and schoolteacher, who served as Leader of Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council from 2010 until 2014.

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Early life and career

Lambert joined the Labour Party in the mid-1970s as a student. He later qualified as a teacher and became involved with teaching unions. He taught in Rochdale for 20 years. [2]

Political career

Lambert was a councillor from 2 May 1997 to 5 May 2016, representing the Heywood West ward. [3] On the council cabinet, he represented Children, Schools and Families, when Rochdale was the fourth-worst local education authority in England. On 17 December 2010, nine Liberal Democrat councillors resigned from their party and left their coalition with the Conservatives on the council, leaving Labour as the biggest party on the council with Lambert as council leader. In the 2011 council election, Labour remained the largest party and with 29 out of 60 councillors. [4] On 3 June 2014, he resigned as council leader, two days after celebrating 1,000 days in the role. [5]

Lambert joined the Brexit Party in 2019 and was their parliamentary candidate for Heywood and Middleton in the 2019 general election. [6] He received 3,952 votes and came third behind the Conservatives and Labour respectively. [7]

Personal life

Lambert is married with two children [8] and lives in Broadhalgh. He enjoys walking as a hobby.

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References

  1. "Colin William LAMBERT - Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)". beta.companieshouse.gov.uk. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  2. "Local Election 2008: Colin William Lambert". www.rochdaleonline.co.uk. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  3. "Focus on Heywood: West Heywood Councillors". www.rochdaleonline.co.uk. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  4. "BBC News - Election 2011 - England council elections - Rochdale". BBC News. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  5. "Councillor Colin Lambert's 1,000 days as Council leader marked by support of public sector union". www.rochdaleonline.co.uk. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  6. "Heywood councillors leave Labour Party for independence and Brexit Party". rochdaleonline.co.uk. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  7. "Heywood & Middleton parliamentary constituency - Election 2019" . Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  8. "Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale Clinical Commissioning Group" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 March 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
Civic offices
Preceded by
Irene Davidson (Lib Dem)
Leader of Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council
December 2010 June 2014
Succeeded by
Richard Farnell (Lab)