Patrick Karney

Patrick Karney
Karney in 2001
Councillor for Harpurhey,
Manchester City Council
In office
6 May 1982 (ward created) – Incumbent
Councillor for Collegiate Church,
Manchester City Council
In office
3 May 1979 – 6 May 1982 (ward abolished)
Personal details
Born Patrick Charles Karney
1948 (age 69–70)
Dublin, Ireland
Nationality Irish
Political party Labour
Occupation Labour councillor

Patrick Charles Karney (born September 1948)[1] is a Labour Party local councillor for the ward of Harpurhey, and Secretary of the Manchester Labour Party. Having been a councillor since 1979, his current term in Harpurhey ends in 2019.[2]

Early life

He was born in Dublin and came to Manchester as a child.[3]

Committees

He serves on the Constitutional and Nomination committee (Chair) and the Resources and Governance Scrutiny committee[2] and also has responsibilities for the city centre. He is the NHS Director of Tobacco Free Greater Manchester. He is the secretary of Manchester Labour.

Views

During the night of the August 2011 riots reaching Manchester, Karney witnessed[4] and spoke at a GMP press conference, saying that the violence marked "one of the worst days that Manchester has ever seen"[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Councillor Patrick Charles Karney". companycheck.co.uk. Company Check. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Patrick Karney". manchester.gov.uk. Manchester City Council. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  3. ↑ Taylor, Paul (12 January 2012). "Who does Pat Karney think he is?". Manchester Evening News. Trinity Mirror.
  4. ↑ Various (10 August 2011). "47 arrested after disturbances in Manchester and Salford". Manchester Evening News. Trinity Mirror.
  5. ↑ "Riots: Manchester and Salford disorder brings "shame on streets"". BBC News. 10 August 2011.
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