Sir Albert Bore | |
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Leader of Birmingham City Council | |
In office 3 May 2012 – 1 December 2015 | |
Preceded by | Mike Whitby |
Succeeded by | John Clancy |
In office May 1999 – May 2004 | |
Preceded by | Theresa Stewart |
Succeeded by | Mike Whitby |
Member of Birmingham City Council for Ladywood | |
Assumed office 1 May 1980 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 1946 (age 77–78) Ayrshire, Scotland |
Political party | Labour |
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Sir Albert Bore (born 1946 in Ayrshire, Scotland[1]) is a British nuclear physicist, academic and Labour Party politician.
Bore has a doctorate in nuclear reactor physics from the University of Birmingham and worked as a lecturer in nuclear physics at Aston University from 1974 to 1999. He has served as a member of Birmingham City Council for Ladywood ward since 1980. He led the Labour Party group between 1999 and 2015, serving as Leader of the Council from 1999 to 2004 and from 2012 to 2015. On 22 October 2015, Bore resigned as Leader effective 1 December, when he was succeeded by his Labour party colleague John Clancy.