Title: Leader of the Liberal Democrat Group
Representing: Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council
Party: Liberal Democrat
Political grouping: Liberal Democrat
First elected in 1987, Cllr Howard Sykes MBE has 30 years’ Local Government service, and has held a range of senior roles including Leader, Deputy Leader of the Council, Executive Member for Regeneration, Chair of Licensing and now Leader of the Opposition on Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council. In addition he is a member of the Greater Manchester Transport Authority and was Vice Chair of the Association of Greater Manchester Councils.
From 1997
to 2006 he was the Chief Executive of the Association of Liberal
Democrat Councillors.
In recent years he held the roles of Chief Whip of the Liberal
Democrat Group at the LGA and LGA National Peer, where he helped
support Liberal Democrat council groups and managing the pool of
Liberal Democrat peers.
He was awarded an MBE in 2014 for services to local government, and was elected LGA Liberal Democrat Group Leader in 2017.