Norma Redfearn
| Norma Redfearn | |
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| Mayor of North Tyneside | |
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Assumed office 2 May 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Linda Arkley |
| North Tyneside Councillor for Riverside ward | |
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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 is a Labour politician, now 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]
The daughter of a shipyard worker. A graduate of Newcastle University,[2] achieving a BPhil with a 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 headteacher role at West Walker Primary School (June 1986 – July 2000) on the edge 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]
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]
References
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- ↑ http://www.northtyneside.gov.uk/browse-display.shtml?p_ID=544185&p_subjectCategory=688
- 1 2 3 4 5 http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=301476
- 1 2 3 4 5 http://www.demos.co.uk/files/Civicentrepreneurship.pdf
- ↑ North East Local Enterprise Partnership. "Board Members - Elected Mayor Norma Redfearn". Retrieved 23 July 2013.
- 1 2 3 4 http://www.zoominfo.com/p/Norma-Redfearn/776054314