- Marc Ramsbottom
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honorific-prefix = Cllr
name = Marc Ramsbottom
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office = Manchester City Councillor
term_start =May 4 ,2000
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constituency = City Centre
majority = 89 (0.84%)
birth_date =November 27 ,1963
birth_place = Rochdale, Lancashire, United Kingdom
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nationality = British
party =Liberal Democrats
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partner = Tim Hartley
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committees = Employee Appeals, Personnel, Planning
portfolio = Shadow Finance Spokesperson
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website = [http://www.marcramsbottom.org.uk]Marc Ramsbottom (born 27 November 1963 in
Rochdale ,Lancashire ) is a Liberal Democrat politician in the City ofManchester . He was elected in May 2000 as councillor for Central Ward and in 2004 was elected as acouncillor in the City Centre ward onManchester City Council . He is the Shadow Finance Spokesperson.He is openly gay and lives with his partner, Tim Hartley. [ [http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/236/236162_councillor_defiant_after_gay_hate_attack.html "Councillor defiant after gay hate attack" - Manchester Evening News] ]
He was also the Liberal Democrat candidate for Manchester Central at the 2005 general election, for Oldham West and Royton in 2001, and for Altrincham and Sale West, in 1997.
He is Governor at St Patricks RC Primary School in Collyhurst; a Director of Community Security Ltd in East Manchester and a Trustee of the Students' Union Superannuation Scheme (SUSS).
He was president of
Manchester Polytechnic Students' Union in the 1985/86 academic year.Controversy
In March 2006 he was suspended on full pay from his role as General Manager of
Manchester Metropolitan Students' Union , amid "allegations of serious financial irregularities". [ [http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/210/210158_top_councillor_in_job_suspension.html "Top councillor in job suspension" - Manchester Evening News] ]References
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