Jackie Drayton is a serving Labour Party

Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...

 member of Sheffield City Council

Sheffield City Council

Sheffield City Council is the city council for the metropolitan borough of Sheffield in South Yorkshire, England. It consists of 84 councillors, elected to represent 28 wards, each with three councillors...

 representing Burngreave

Burngreave

Burngreave ward—which includes the districts of Burngreave, Fir Vale, Grimesthorpe, Pitsmoor, and Shirecliffe—is one of the 28 electoral wards in City of Sheffield, England. It is located in the northern part of the city and covers an area of 7.3 km2. The population of this ward in...

 ward. She was the 110th Lord Mayor of Sheffield

Lord Mayor of Sheffield

The Lord Mayor of Sheffield is a ceremonial post held by a member of Sheffield City Council. They are elected annually by the council. The post originated in 1843, with the appointment of William Jeffcock as the first Mayor of Sheffield...

, serving for the customary one year in 2006-07. She was preceded by Roger Davison

Roger Davison

Roger Noel Davison is a serving Liberal Democrat member of Sheffield City Council in England, representing Ecclesall ward. He was the 109th Lord Mayor of Sheffield, serving for the customary one year in 2005-06. He was preceded by Mike Pye and succeeded by Jackie Drayton.-Personal:Roger Davison is...

 and succeeded by Arthur Dunworth.

Personal

Jackie was born in Coventry

Coventry

Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the county of West Midlands in England. Coventry is the 9th largest city in England and the 11th largest in the United Kingdom. It is also the second largest city in the English Midlands, after Birmingham, with a population of 300,848, although...

; she has lived since 1979 in the Burngreave

Burngreave

Burngreave ward—which includes the districts of Burngreave, Fir Vale, Grimesthorpe, Pitsmoor, and Shirecliffe—is one of the 28 electoral wards in City of Sheffield, England. It is located in the northern part of the city and covers an area of 7.3 km2. The population of this ward in...

 area of Sheffield

Sheffield

Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England. Its name derives from the River Sheaf, which runs through the city. Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and with some of its southern suburbs annexed from Derbyshire, the city has grown from its largely...

 and since 1997 has been a member of Sheffield City Council as councillor (Labour) for Burngreave Ward.

Having left school at 16 with no qualifications, Drayton took adult education classes followed by a degree in Education at the University of Warwick

University of Warwick

The University of Warwick is a public research university located in Coventry, United Kingdom...

. She worked in education for over 25 years.

Her husband is Ian Drayton, currently Partnership Manager for SOAR, the Southey and Owlerton

Owlerton

Owlerton is a suburb of the city of Sheffield, it lies northwest of the city centre near the confluence of the River Don and River Loxley. Owlerton was formerly a small rural settlement with its origins in the Early Middle Ages, it became part of Sheffield in the early 1900s as the city expanded...

Area Regeneration Partnership. They have three sons and three daughters.

External links

• Lord Mayor of Sheffield