John Shipley OBE

Councillor John Shipley is Leader of Newcastle City Council. He was first elected as a councillor in May 1975 and led the Liberals and then Liberal Democrats from 1978 to 1998.  He was also Leader of the Opposition for 10 years.

John represents the City Council on a number of outside bodies including the Board of Tyne and Wear Development Company Ltd and the Theatre Royal Trust.  He is a member of the Northern Way Steering Group and the Northern Way Transport Compact.  He was appointed a Board Member of One North East in December 2005 and is a Board member of both 1NG Ltd (the City Development Company for NewcastleGateshead) and Newcastle Science City Company Ltd.  He chairs the Newcastle Partnership (LSP).

John worked for over 30 years with The Open University and was Regional Director for the North and for the European Union for 8 years until 2005.

Email John at onesecretariat@onenortheast.co.uk