Albert Bore
| Sir Albert Bore | |
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Bore in May 2012
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| Leader of Birmingham City Council | |
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In office 3 May 2012 – 1 December 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Mike Whitby |
| Succeeded by | John Clancy |
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In office May 1999 – May 2004 |
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| Preceded by | Theresa Stewart |
| Succeeded by | Mike Whitby |
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| Born | 1946 (age 70–71) Ayrshire, Scotland |
| Political party | Labour |
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Sir Albert Bore (born 1946 in Ayrshire, Scotland) 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.
Bore moved to Birmingham in 1969 to study for a doctorate in nuclear reactor physics at the University of Birmingham. He was a lecturer in nuclear physics at Aston University from 1974 to 1999. In addition to his PhD, he holds an honorary doctorate from the University of Aston.
In 1980, Bore was elected to Birmingham City Council from the Ladywood ward, quickly gaining a reputation as a "left-wing firebrand". He has been re-elected ever since and is the longest-serving member of the Council. Bore has been a leading proponent of devolution and localism agendas in local governance since entering politics in 1974. He has published and lectured widely across Europe and internationally on the subject of city-building, urban renewal, devolution and local governance.
He is an elected Councillor for the Birmingham Ladywood ward (1980-), and was leader of the Labour Group of Birmingham City Council (1999-2015; succeeding Theresa Stewart), Leader of Birmingham City Council (2012–2015 and from 1999–2004) and Chair of the Economic Development portfolio. He was the Chair of the University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust(2006–13). He is an elected Member of the European Union's Committee of the Regions (CoR; 1992-) and its former President (2002–2004). He is a Director of the Greater Birmingham & Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership.
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