Gary Porter, Baron Porter of Spalding

The Right Honourable The Lord Porter of Spalding CBE
Porter in 2018
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Life peerage 15 October 2015
Personal details
Born	(1960-09-08) 8 September 1960 (age 65)
Party	Conservative
Alma mater	De Montfort University (BA, 2000) Canterbury Christ Church University (Postgraduate Certificate, 2011)

Gary Andrew Porter, Baron Porter of Spalding CBE (born 8 September 1960) is a British Conservative politician, local government leader, member of the House of Lords and former South Holland (Lincolnshire) district councillor, who was elected unopposed as Chair of the Local Government Association in June 2015. ^[1] He has been the leader of South Holland District Council since 2003 until 2023. ^[2] Nominated for a life peerage in August 2015, ^[3] he was created Baron Porter of Spalding, of Spalding in the County of Lincolnshire on 15 October 2015. ^{[4] [5]}

He was educated at De Montfort University (BA, 2000) and Canterbury Christ Church University (Postgraduate Certificate, 2011). ^[6]

References

1. "Cllr Gary Porter is the new Chairman of the Local Government Association | Conservative Home". Conservative Home. 13 June 2015. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
2. "Lord Gary Porter CBE". gov.uk. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
3. "Dissolution Peerages 2015". Gov.uk. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
4. "No. 61387". The London Gazette . 21 October 2015. p. 19762.
5. "LGA chair Gary Porter made a Lord". www.publicsectorexecutive.com. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
6. 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

Orders of precedence in the United Kingdom
Preceded by The Lord Sinkwin	Gentlemen Baron Porter of Spalding	Followed by The Lord Willetts