Julie Dore

Julie Dore
Leader of Sheffield City Council
In office
18 May 2011 – 6 January 2021
Preceded byPaul Scriven
Succeeded byBob Johnson
Member of Sheffield City Council for Park and Arbourthorne Ward
In office
5 May 2016 – May 2021
Preceded byWard created
Member of Sheffield City Council for Arbourthorne Ward
In office
10 June 2004 – 5 May 2016
Preceded byWard created
Succeeded byWard abolished
Member of Sheffield City Council for Park Ward
In office
19 October 2000 – 10 June 2004
Succeeded byWard abolished
Personal details
NationalityBritish
Political partyLabour
Children2
ResidenceGleadless
Alma materHurlfield School

Julie Dore is a British Labour Party politician, who was Leader of Sheffield City Council from May 2011 until January 2021,[1] on which she represents Arbourthorne.[2] She has been a member of Sheffield City Council since she was elected to the predecessor Park Ward in a by-election in October 2000. In 2008 she became Chair of a Council Scrutiny Board, and in May 2010 she joined the Shadow Cabinet.[3]

On 11 February 2020 Dore announced that she would not contest her seat at the upcoming local elections in May, and would stand down as leader of the council.[4] However, following the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic in the UK, and the subsequent postponing of the elections until 2021,[5] Dore stated that she would remain as Leader during this "difficult period".[6]

  1. ^ "Julie Dore". Arts Council. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  2. ^ "Arbourthorne Ward". Archived from the original on 17 October 2011. Retrieved 23 May 2011.
  3. ^ "'Outsider' Julie Dore to lead Labour in Sheffield". The Star. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  4. ^ "Sheffield Council Leader Julie Dore announces she is quitting". www.thestar.co.uk. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  5. ^ "Postponement of May 2020 elections". GOV.UK. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  6. ^ "Coronavirus: Julie Dore to stay on as leader of Sheffield Council so she can "be here during difficult period"". www.thestar.co.uk. Retrieved 20 April 2020.