John Clancy (Labour politician)

Professor
John Clancy
Clancy in Birmingham Council House's Crystal Gallery, in 2015
Leader of Birmingham City Council
In office
1 December 2015 – 11 September 2017
Preceded bySir Albert Bore
Succeeded byIan Ward
Member of Birmingham City Council
for Hodge Hill
In office
2002–2006
Member of Birmingham City Council
for Quinton
In office
May 2011 – March 2020
Personal details
Political partyLabour
OccupationProfessor and politician
Known forFormer leader of Birmingham City Council

John Clancy is a former political leader (2015–2017) of the largest local authority in Europe, Birmingham City Council,[1] and is a visiting professor at Birmingham City University Business School,[2] in the U.K.'s second largest city, Birmingham. He is a qualified solicitor.

He is an expert on public sector pension funds[3][4] and hyper-local data and researches these areas in particular at Birmingham City University.[2][5]

As political leader of Birmingham, he was in charge of an annual revenue budget of over £3 billion, and assets of over £6 billion.[6]

  1. ^ "Statement from Cllr John Clancy". Birmingham City Council. 11 September 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Professor John Clancy - Centre for Brexit Studies". Birmingham City University. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Birmingham bigs up to secure the legacy of Joseph Chamberlain". Financial Times. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Elliott 2014 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ centreforbrexitstudiesblog (11 August 2020). "No Covid-19 Deaths or Cases; the safest neighbourhoods in England – what makes them so special?". Centre for Brexit Studies Blog. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  6. ^ "Birmingham City Council Statement of Accounts 2017 to 2018". Birmingham City Council. Retrieved 18 November 2018.