About Michael
Michael has been an active member of the local Conservative Party since 1997 and, before becoming a Councillor, held various voluntary posts as a ward and constituency officer. For several years, starting in 2000, he either ran or helped organize campaigns in various wards throughout the city at each local election, as well as during the 2005 General Election in the then-Sunderland South constituency.
He then represented the people of St. Chad’s for four enjoyable years from 2007 to 2011, but his main base for politics in Sunderland has always been St Michael’s ward, where he has lived for nearly 65 years and has served as a Councillor since 2014.
In the Council, his main interests are housing and planning, and the Committees on which he serves, and has served as an elected member for many years, reflect these priorities. However, the day-to-day ward work and being part of an East Area Committee that can help fund many hardworking and deserving groups and charities, primarily within St Michael’s but also in neighboring wards, are the aspects of being a Councillor that he enjoys the most.
Additionally, he serves as a trustee of both the George Hudson Charity and the Sunderland Orphanage and Educational Foundation, and he is a member of the St Michael's Community Centre Management Board.
He is also part of the Sunderland Old Township Heritage Society and has helped organize the Annual Victoria Hall Disaster Memorial Services.
