The Civic Mayor of Tameside
The Worshipful The Civic Mayor of Tameside 2009-2010
Councillor John B. Sullivan JP, GNSM, LTCL
Councillor Sullivan was elected to Tameside Council to represent Hyde Godley Ward in May 2000.
Councillor Sullivan has been married to Francoise for twenty-seven years and they have an eighteen-year-old son, Ben.
Councillor Sullivan was born in Salford in 1951 and is the older of two children. He was raised in Oldham and has lived in Tameside since 1987.
Councillor Sullivan is a trained musician and, after graduating from the Northern School of Music in Manchester in 1972, he worked in Education for many years, both as a peripatetic instrumental teacher and as Head of a Music Department in a large Comprehensive School.
Councillor Sullivan is Chair of Hyde District Assembly. He is also a member of the Services for Children and Young People Scrutiny Panel, the Longdendale & Hattersley District Assembly, as well as supporting the Project Head of Heritage as the Council’s Musical and Choral Attaché.
Councillor Sullivan was appointed to the Tameside Bench as a Justice of the Peace in 1999 serving in the Adult and Youth Courts. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Manchester Camerata Orchestra, a Trustee of the Hyde War Memorial Trust and he is the Vice Chairman of the Probin Mela Luncheon Club in Hyde.
Councillor Sullivan was Deputy Mayor of Tameside from 2004 until 2005.
Councillor Sullivan hopes to meet as many community groups as possible during his year in office and is looking forward to working with volunteers and workers of all ages in the Borough.
Councillor Sullivan is of the Christian faith, more recently as a Roman Catholic, but hopes to meet people from all religious denominations. He is also looking forward to visiting local businesses and promoting Tameside.
Councillor Sullivan enjoys meeting people and has a wide and varied interest in all areas of community life.
Councillor Sullivan enjoys spending time with his family, writing music, family history/genealogy, photography, travelling, and as a licensed radio ham since 1978, communicating worldwide on the High Frequency amateur bands.
Councillor Sullivan will be supported during his Mayoral year by his wife Francoise and their son Ben. Councillor Susan Quinn and her husband Kieran will undertake the duties of Deputy Mayor and Consort.
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