| Brenda Warrington | |
| Term Start: | 31 January 2018 |
| Term End: | 19 May 2022 |
| Predecessor: | Kieran Quinn |
| Successor: | Ged Cooney |
| Term Start2: | January 2018 |
| Term End2: | 19 May 2022 |
| Term Start4: | 2 May 2002 |
Brenda Warrington is a British Labour politician and was leader of Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council in Greater Manchester from 2018 to 2022.[1] As leader she was also a member of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority and was the combined authority's portfolio lead for healthy lives & quality care.[2] She was also, ex-officio, the Chair of the Greater Manchester Pension Fund which is managed by Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council.[3]
First elected to the council in 2002, she represents the ward of Denton West and was elected leader of the council on 31 January 2018[4] following the sudden death of the predecessor Kieran Quinn the previous month.[5] She was the first woman to hold the role.[4] Warrington resigned as council leader on 17 May 2022 to avoid defeat in a leadership content that she described as a "hostile challenge" by her successor Ged Cooney.[1]