Robert Light
Leader of Kirklees Council
In office
May 2006  January 2009
Leader of the Opposition on Kirklees Council
In office
2000–2006
Councillor for Birstall and Birkenshaw Ward
In office
May 2000  November 2018
Personal details
Political partyConservative
Occupationcivil servant

Robert Light is a British civil servant and former Conservative Party politician who served as Leader of Kirklees Council between 2006 and 2009, and as a councillor for Birstall and Birkenshaw ward on Kirklees Council for over eighteen years between 2000 and 2018.[1] Light also served as the first Chair of the Leeds City Region.[2]

Light is currently the Head Commissioner for the Independent Commission on Civil Aviation Noise,[3] and the Chair of the Consumer Council for Water.[4]

Sources

  1. Earnshaw, Tony (21 November 2018). "Veteran Tory Cllr Robert Light looks back over 30 years on Kirklees Council". YorkshireLive. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  2. "Robert Light appointed as new CCWater Chair". HM Government. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  3. "ICCAN – The Team". Independent Commission on Civil Aviation Noise. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  4. "CCWater – Meet the Board". Consumer Council for Water. Retrieved 28 August 2020.


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