John Harrison (politician)

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name = John Lawrence Langford Harrison
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office = Council Member for Weetslade ward, North Tyneside
term_start = 1984
term_end = 2005
predecessor = unknown
successor = Duncan McLellan
office2 = Mayor of North Tyneside
term_start2 = 2005
term_end2 = present
predecessor2 = Linda Arkley
successor2 = Incumbent
party = Labour
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website = [http://www.northtyneside.gov.uk/mayor/biography.htm www.northtyneside.gov.uk]

John Harrison is the current mayor of North Tyneside in England. He is a member of the Labour Party.

He became the elected mayor of North Tyneside on May 5, 2005 in the UK local elections, taking over from the previous Conservative mayor Linda Arkley.

Mayor John Harrison served as a Labour councillor on North Tyneside Council for 21 years before being elected Mayor.

He was Leader of the Labour Group of Cllrs for two years from 2003-2005.

He has also served as Chair of Overview and Scrutiny Committee, Finance Committee, Older Peoples Policy Committee, Area Housing Committee, Budget Monitoring Committee and Safer Communities Committee.

John was brought up in Longbenton and started his working life as an apprentice at Parsons, before spending three years in the merchant navy.

He returned to shore to work in the rail industry and up to May 2005 was working as a Health and Safety Advisor in local public transport.

Now living in Dudley, John has been married for 34 years and has 3 children and 4 grandchildren. In his spare time he enjoys walking and gardening and maintains a keen interest in Health and Safety issues.

External links

* [http://www.northtyneside.gov.uk/mayor/biography.htm Official biography page]