Paul Dennett | |
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![]() Dennett in 2016 | |
Deputy Mayor of Greater Manchester | |
Assumed office 8 December 2021 | |
Mayor | Andy Burnham |
Preceded by | Richard Leese |
Mayor of Salford | |
Assumed office 9 May 2016 | |
Preceded by | Ian Stewart |
Member of Salford City Council for Langworthy | |
In office 3 May 2012 –6 May 2016 | |
Preceded by | Lynn Drake |
Succeeded by | Paul Longshaw |
Personal details | |
Born | Warrington,Lancashire,England |
Political party | Labour |
Alma mater | University of Ulster (BA) University of Manchester (MSc) Manchester Metropolitan University (MRes) |
Paul Dennett is a British politician serving as Deputy Mayor of Greater Manchester since 2021. A member of the Labour Party,he has served as Mayor of Salford since 2016.
Dennett was born in Warrington and grew up working class. He is openly gay. [1] [2] Dennett's father worked for a power station and was an active trade unionist and his mother was a housewife and house cleaner. [3] [1] His parents would later run The Engine Pub in Prescot,Merseyside. [1] He attended Park Road Primary School and Great Sankey High School,before working in customer services at a BT call centre. [4]
He received a BA in International Business from the University of Ulster,an MSc in Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations from the Manchester Business School,and an MRES in Social Sciences from Manchester Metropolitan University. [1] [4] [5] While at university,Dennett worked as an HR adviser and as a lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University Business School. [1] [5]
Dennett joined the Labour Party in 2007. [1] He was elected the Mayor of Salford on 5 May 2016, [6] succeeding Ian Stewart also of the Labour Party,and was re-elected in 2021.
As the Mayor of Salford he is also a member of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority,is the GMCA's portfolio lead for Healthy Lives and Homelessness,and,since December 2021 [update] ,is the Deputy Mayor of Greater Manchester. [7]
Dennett was formerly a local councillor for the Langworthy ward in Salford,and is a member of the Unite and UCU trade unions.