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About the Deputy Mayor
The Mayor's Office - May 2010
mayors.office@kirklees.gov.uk
Councillor Eric Firth
Eric was born in the Dewsbury constituency the eldest of six children and has lived there all his life; in fact he has never lived more than two
and a half miles from where he was born.
He was educated at Springfield Junior and Infant School and later at Batley Carr and Dewsbury Technical School. He left school on a Friday and
started work the following Monday, at the age of 15, as an apprentice painter and decorator.
He has been active in the trade union and labour movement all his adult life and still is although he has recently stood down as chair of 9/601
Unite, the branch he chaired for more than twenty years, which was the branch where the Labour Party was formed.
He was asked to stand as a councillor on numerous occasions and he eventually succumbed and successfully stood for the council in 1994. He lost
his seat in 2006 but was returned in the same ward the following year.
Eric has been married to his wife Janet for 40 years; they have two children and two grandchildren whom they both adore.
Representing the Dewsbury East Constituency where he has always lived, and working for the people and organisations within it, gives him a great
deal of satisfaction. He enjoys helping local people, who seek his help, frequently. Eric is looking forward to contributing to and shaping
policies and strategies that will affect Dewsbury residents now, and for generations to come.
Outside of work Eric loves spending time with his grandchildren and watching Dewsbury Rams and Shaw Cross ARLFC. He also bought some woods 3 years
ago with the intention of taking up crown green bowling but they are still in the bag!
Eric feels that being part of the Mayoral team is a great honour for him, his family and the Labour Group. He is looking forward to meeting the
many diverse groups of people and organisations that live and work in Kirklees. It will be, he says, an enjoyable experience and one he is
looking forward to.
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