Cllr Gary Porter
Leader, SHDC.
Gary was first elected to South Holland District Council in a by-election in June 2001. He was re-elected in the 2003 elections and elected as Leader at the Council’s AGM of that year. Gary is a deputy Chairman of the LGA and the Chairman of the LGA’s Environment and Housing Programme Board. He is also the Chairman of the District Councils Network and the rotational Chairman of the CCN, DCN Liaison Group. Gary has a keen interest in promoting South Holland as a forward-thinking ‘can do’ authority, where all new situations are treated as opportunities rather than threats.