Eleanor Wills | |
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| Leader of Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council | |
| Assumed office 24 October 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Gerald Cooney |
| Member of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority | |
| Assumed office October 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Gerald Cooney |
| Member of Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council for Dukinfield / Stalybridge (ward) | |
| Assumed office 22 May 2014 | |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Labour |
Eleanor Wills is a British Labour politician and leader of Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council in Greater Manchester. As leader she is also a member of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority and is the combined authority's portfolio lead for Greater Manchester Pensions,Fund Investments and Bee Network Pensions. [1]
Prior to becoming leader,she was the council's Executive Member for Population Health and Wellbeing. [2]
First elected to the council in 2014,Wills is the councillor for Dukinfield / Stalybridge. She was elected as council leader on 24th October 2024,following a crisis that resulted in the resignation of the former council leader and the council's head of paid service. [3]
