Norma Redfearn

Norma Redfearn
Mayor of North Tyneside
Assumed office
2 May 2013
Preceded by Linda Arkley
North Tyneside Councillor
for Riverside ward
In office
10 June 2004 – 2 May 2013
Preceded by John Lowther
Succeeded by Wendy Lott
Personal details
Born Wallsend
Political party Labour
Residence Tynemouth, Tyne and Wear

Norma Redfearn CBE is a Labour politician and the directly-elected Mayor of North Tyneside, winning on the first ballot, on Thursday 2 May 2013, with 55.35% of the votes cast on a turnout of 32.07%.[1]

Early life

Redfearn was born in Wallsend. The daughter of a shipyard worker, Redfearn graduated with a BPhil from Newcastle University.[2]

Teacher

She had 30-year career in teaching, in both primary and secondary education. After a variety of teaching roles, she left Wharrier Street Juniors, where she was deputy head, to take on the headship of West Walker Primary School (June 1986 – July 2000) to the east of Newcastle upon Tyne.[2] She became the first headteacher to receive the prize for Public Management Leadership, awarded to her by the Office for Public Management in 1997.[2] Soon after, she was also chosen by the think-tank Demos to serve as an example of civic entrepreneurship.[3]

North Tyneside Council

Redfearn held North Tyneside's Riverside ward from 2004[4] until her election as mayor. Previously, between 2005 and 2009, she was Cabinet Member for Children and Young People on North Tyneside Council.[3][5]

Redfearn won re-election to the position of Elected Mayor of North Tyneside in the upcoming election on May 4, 2017. When re-elected she became the first person to hold the position for two consecutive terms.[6]

As of 2017 Redfearn lives in North Shields.[6]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.northtyneside.gov.uk/browse-display.shtml?p_ID=544185&p_subjectCategory=688
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  4. ↑ North East Local Enterprise Partnership. "Board Members - Elected Mayor Norma Redfearn". Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  5. ↑
  6. 1 2 Sharma, Sonia (2017-04-18). "North Tyneside election: All you need to know about the race for mayor". nechronicle. Retrieved 2017-04-18.
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