Gary Porter, Baron Porter of Spalding

Gary Andrew Porter, Baron Porter of Spalding CBE is a British Conservative politician, local government leader, member of the House of Lords and a South Holland (Lincolnshire) district councillor, who was elected unopposed as Chair of the Local Government Association in June 2015. Nominated for a life peerage in August 2015, he was created Baron Porter of Spalding, of Spalding in the County of Lincolnshire on 15 October 2015.