Robert Light (civil servant)

Robert Light is a British civil servant and former Conservative Party politician who served as Leader of Kirklees Council between 2006 and 2009, and as a councillor for Birstall and Birkenshaw ward on Kirklees Council for over eighteen years between 2000 and 2018.[1] Light also served as the first Chair of the Leeds City Region.[2]

Robert Light
Leader of Kirklees Council
In office
May 2006 – January 2009
Leader of the Opposition on Kirklees Council
In office
2000–2006
Councillor for Birstall and Birkenshaw Ward
In office
May 2000 – November 2018
Personal details
Political partyConservative
Occupationcivil servant

Light is currently the Head Commissioner for the Independent Commission on Civil Aviation Noise,[3] and the Chair of the Consumer Council for Water.[4]

Sources edit

  1. ^ Earnshaw, Tony (21 November 2018). "Veteran Tory Cllr Robert Light looks back over 30 years on Kirklees Council". YorkshireLive. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Robert Light appointed as new CCWater Chair". HM Government. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  3. ^ "ICCAN – The Team". Independent Commission on Civil Aviation Noise. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  4. ^ "CCWater – Meet the Board". Consumer Council for Water. Retrieved 28 August 2020.