Richard Leese

Richard Leese
Leese in 2012
Deputy Mayor of Greater Manchester
In office
8 May 2017 – 8 December 2021
MayorAndy Burnham
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byPaul Dennett
Leader of Manchester City Council
In office
20 May 1996 – 1 December 2021
Preceded byGraham Stringer
Succeeded byBev Craig
Member of Manchester City Council
for Crumpsall
In office
3 May 1984 – 4 January 2022
Preceded byFrederick Lever
Succeeded byJawad Amin
Personal details
Born
Richard Charles Leese

(1951-04-21) 21 April 1951 (age 73)
Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England
Political partyLabour
Alma materUniversity of Warwick

Sir Richard Charles Leese CBE (born 21 April 1951) is a British politician who served as Leader of Manchester City Council from 1996 to 2021. A member of the Labour Party, he was Deputy Mayor of Greater Manchester from 2017 to 2021.[1][2]

  1. ^ "'LEESE, Sir Richard Charles', Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, December 2012".(subscription required)
  2. ^ Sir Richard Leese, leader of Manchester City Council explains why HS2 is good for Manchester on YouTube