Obituary: Dame Shirley Porter dies in Israel aged 95

Obituary: Dame Shirley Porter dies in Israel aged 95

Iron Lady of the Town Halls who became the public face of gerrymandering “homes for votes” scandal

Dame Shirley Porter (1930–2026)

Dame Shirley Porter died on May 2. She passed away in Herzliya, Israel, where she had spent much of her time since the early 2000s. Dame Shirley had been the former leader of Westminster City Council and a dominant figure in 1980s UK municipal politics. Once hailed as the "Iron Lady of the town halls," her career

Dame Shirley Porter dies

Former Westminster City Council leader and Tesco heiress, Dame Shirley Porter has died. Dame Shirley was the daughter of Tesco supermarkets founder, Sir John Cohen, and sat as the leader of Westminster from 1983 to 1991, where she had been at the centre of the…The post Dame Shirley Porter dies appeared first on Local Government Chronicle (LGC).