Sir Jeremy Beecham, DL (born 1944) is a British Labour politician and a senior figure in English local government. He was leader of Newcastle City Council and the first Chairman of the Local Government Association. He is the elected Chairman of the National Executive Committee of the Labour Party (October 2005 - September 2006). The Deputy Lieutenant is the deputy to the Lord Lieutenant of a county. ... Year 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar). ... The Labour Party has been, since its founding in the early 20th century, the principal political party of the left in the United Kingdom. ... Newcastle City Council is the city council for the metropolitan borough of Newcastle upon Tyne in Tyne and Wear, in north-east England. ... The Local Government Assocation is a body for advancing the interests of local authorities in the England and Wales. ... The National Executive Committee or NEC is the chief administrative body of the Labour Party (UK). ...

Beecham was educated at the Royal Grammar School, Newcastle upon Tyne and University College, Oxford, where he obtained a first class honours degree in law. He became a solicitor. He joined the Labour Party in 1959, and was elected a councillor for Benwell, Newcastle, in 1967. He stood for Parliament without success in Tynemouth in 1970. He chaired the Social Services Committee on the council from 1973 to 1977 and was Leader of Newcastle from 1977 to 1994, chairing the Finance Committee from 1979 to 1984. This article is about a city in the United Kingdom. ... University College (in full, the College of the Great Hall of the University, commonly known as University College in the University of Oxford, usually known by its derivative, Univ), is a contender for the claim to be the oldest of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the... Benwell is located in the West End of Newcastle upon Tyne. ... Tynemouth is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...

In 1991 Beecham became Chairman of the Association of Metropolitan Authorities (AMA). When the AMA merged with the Association of District Councils and the Association of County Councils on 1 April 1997 to form the Local Government Association, he became the first chairman of the LGA. He is, as of 2006, the LGA vice-chairman, with Conservative Sir Sandy Bruce-Lockhart as Chairman, and continues to chair the LGA Labour Group. April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Local Government Assocation is a body for advancing the interests of local authorities in the England and Wales. ... 2006 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative & Unionist Party) is currently the second largest political party in the United Kingdom in terms of sitting Members of Parliament (MPs), and the largest in terms of public membership. ... Sir Sandy Bruce-Lockhart Sir Alexander John Bruce-Lockhart OBE (b. ...

Beecham has been a member of many boards and committees in Newcastle and North East England, and advising government. He has been a member of the Labour Party National Executive Committee since 1998 and was its chairman. He became a Knight Bachelor in the 1994 Birthday Honours and was made a Freeman of the City of Newcastle in 1995. He is Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Tyne and Wear and continues to represent Benwell and Scotswood on the City Council. North-east England is one of the nine official regions of England and comprises the combined area of Northumberland, County Durham, Tyne and Wear and a small part of North Yorkshire. ... The National Executive Committee or NEC is the chief administrative body of the Labour Party. ... Freedom of the City is an award made by English towns and cities, to esteemed members of its community; such people may then be termed Freemen or Freewomen of the City. ... The Deputy Lieutenant is the deputy to the Lord Lieutenant of a county. ... Tyne and Wear is a metropolitan county in the North East of England around the mouths of the Rivers Tyne and Wear. ... Benwell and Scotswood is an electoral ward of Newcastle upon Tyne in North East England. ...