Anne Western
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Anne Western CBE (born 27 December 1955)[1] is a Labour Party politician and former Leader of Derbyshire County Council.
Early life
She was born Anne Checklin in Chesterfield. She grew up in the north Derbyshire area. She is the daughter of Bernard Checklin and Jean Coxhead of Mansfield. She had a younger sister Jill (1959 - 2016).
Career
Derbyshire County Council
She represents the Barlborough and Clowne ward on Derbyshire County Council.[2] Barlborough is in Bolsover District, a traditionally Labour-voting area. She was first elected to Derbyshire County Council in 1997. She was Deputy Leader of the council from 2004-09. In the 2005 elections, her seat was uncontested.[3] Previously, when Labour were in power, she had responsibility for Children's Services (previously Health and Social Care). She has also sat on Barlborough Parish Council. After the 2009 Derbyshire County Council election on 4 June 2009, when Labour lost 16 seats to retain 22, she became the Leader of the Labour group. In the 2009 elections, nearly all of Labour's seats were in either the districts of Bolsover, Chesterfield or North East Derbyshire.
Council leader
She became the first female leader of Derbyshire County Council in May 2013. In the 2013 Derbyshire County Council election, Labour took 43 seats, the Conservatives 18 and the Liberal Democrats 3. In her ward, she won 1519 votes[4] with UKIP coming second with 526 votes. The previous leader of the Labour group, and the former council leader before 2009 was John Williams[5] of nearby Inkersall and who represented Staveley South,[6] a short distance along the A619 towards Chesterfield from Barlborough.
Personal life
She lives in Barlborough, near junction 30 of the M1. She was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2016 Birthday Honours. She married Peter Western in 1980 in Mansfield, though the marriage ended in divorce. She had a daughter, Katie, in January 1983, and a son, Tom, in October 1985. She became a grandmother to a baby girl in 2018. She has previously lived near Rochdale.
See also
- Kay Cutts, Conservative Leader of Nottinghamshire County Council from 2009–13
- Alan Rhodes (from Worksop), Leader (Labour) from May 2013 - May 2017 of Nottinghamshire County Council
- Ranjit Banwait, Leader (Labour) since June 2014 of Derby City Council
- List of electoral wards in Derbyshire
References
- ^ "Anne WESTERN - Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)". Beta.companieshouse.gov.uk. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
- ^ "Anne Western: Your council - Derbyshire County Council". Derbyshire.gov.uk. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
- ^ 2005 elections
- ^ Elections
- ^ John Williams
- ^ Staveley South