Councillor Gary Ridley

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Party :	Conservative
Ward :	Sherbourne
Elected :	01/05/2008

Councillor Gary Ridley was born and educated in Coventry, living in Coundon he was elected to represent Sherbourne ward in 2002 to become the city's youngest councillor for decades at the age of 21. Councillor Ridley is the Shadow Cabinet Member (City Development). Gary serves on several other important bodies across the City notably as a director on the board of CV One, the Coventry Transport Museum and the Coventry, Warwickshire & Solihull Partnership to note a few. Councillor Ridley is heavily involved with the community, chairing the Sherbourne Ward Forum and attending many residents groups in the ward. He is also a school governor at Sherbourne Fields Special needs school. Gary has previously served in four different Cabinet roles, first as the Cabinet Member for Corporate Customer Services (2004-2005) then Culture, Leisure & Libraries (2005-2007) before becoming the Cabinet member for Climate Change, Housing & Sustainability (2007-2008) and City Development (2008-2010). Gary wants to make Coventry matter and has committed himself full time to his council duties and the City of Coventry.
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	Address:	Members Services Council House Earl Street Coventry CV1 5RR
	Home Telephone:
	Work Telephone:	024 7683 1039
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	Email:	gary.ridley@coventry.gov.uk
	Web Site:	http://www.garyridley.co.uk
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Election History

Date From	Date To	Name	Details
17/05/2005		Coventry and Solihull Valuation Tribunal
15/05/2008		Enterprising Coventry Partnership Board (LEGI) (formerly known as Local Enterprise Growth Initiative (LEGI) Partnership Board)
15/05/2008		The Coventry Partnership (formerly known as Coventry Partnership)

Period	Committee	Role	Joined	Left
2010-2011
	Council	Member	20/05/2010
	Scrutiny Co-ordination Committee	Member	20/05/2010
	Economy, Regeneration and Transport Scrutiny Board (Scrutiny Board 3)	Deputy Chair	20/05/2010
2009-2010
	Cabinet	Member	20/05/2009
	Council	Member	20/05/2009
	Cabinet Member (City Development)	Member	20/05/2009
2008-2009
	Council	Member	15/05/2008
	Cabinet	Member	15/05/2008
	Cabinet Member (City Development)	Member	15/05/2008
2007-2008
	Council	Member	17/05/2007
	Cabinet	Member	17/05/2007
	Cabinet Member (Climate Change, Housing and Sustainability)	Member	17/05/2007
2006-2007
	Council	Member	18/05/2006
	Area Forum (North West)	Member	18/05/2006
	Cabinet	Member	18/05/2006
	Cabinet Member (Culture, Leisure and Libraries)	Member	18/05/2006
2005-2006
	Council	Member	17/05/2005
	Cabinet	Member	17/05/2005
	Area Forum (North West)	Member	17/05/2005
	Area Forum (North East)	Member	17/05/2005
	Cabinet Member (Adult Education, Libraries, Sport and Leisure)	Member	17/05/2005
	Scrutiny Board (3) (Urban Regeneration & Regional Planning, Adult Education, Libraries & Leisure and City Services)	Invitee	17/05/2005
2004-2005
	Cabinet	Member	24/06/2004
	Area Forum (North East)	Member	24/06/2004
	Area Forum (North West)	Member	24/06/2004
	Cabinet Member (Corporate and Customer Services)	Member	24/06/2004	16/05/2005
	Council	Member	24/06/2004

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