Gary Porter, Baron Porter of Spalding explained

Honorific-Prefix:	The Right Honourable
The Lord Porter of Spalding
Honorific-Suffix:	CBE
Office1:	Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
Term Start1:	17 November 2015 Life Peerage
Birth Date:	8 September 1960
Party:	Conservative
Alma Mater:	De Montfort University (BA, 2000) Canterbury Christ Church University (Postgraduate Certificate, 2011)

Gary Andrew Porter, Baron Porter of Spalding 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]

He was educated at De Montfort University (BA, 2000) and Canterbury Christ Church University (Postgraduate Certificate, 2011).^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cllr Gary Porter is the new Chairman of the Local Government Association Conservative Home. Conservative Home. 13 June 2015 . 2015-12-17.
2. Web site: Lord Gary Porter CBE . gov.uk . 1 April 2022.
3. Web site: Dissolution Peerages 2015. Gov.uk. 27 August 2015.
4. Web site: LGA chair Gary Porter made a Lord. www.publicsectorexecutive.com. 2015-12-17.
5. 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