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Samuel Roy Oldham, CBE (born 27 April 1934) has been the leader of Tameside Council since 1980 which makes his tenure of office as council leader the longest in British history . He is a member of the Labour Party and is councillor for Longdendale. Image File history File links Roy_oldham. ...
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Year 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Tameside is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester in north west England. ...
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The view westward down Longdendale from above the Woodhead Tunnel, showing the Longdendale Trail (left) and A628 Woodhead Pass road. ...
In the 2000 New Years Honours List, Oldham was presented with a CBE in recognition of his services to local government.[1] The British honours system is a means of rewarding individuals personal bravery, achievement or service to the United Kingdom. ...
Career
Roy Oldham has previously been the Chair of Manchester Airport between 1997 and 1998. For City Airport Manchester, UK, see City Airport Manchester. ...
Oldham has been the main driving force for the Mottram-Tintwistle bypass (or Longdendale Bypass). In the summer of 2006, the North West Regional Assembly (NWRA) decided to fund the Metrolink extension instead of the bypass. Unhappy with this decision and the environmental opposition to his road scheme, Oldham blurted out his true feelings for the environment. He said in a council meeting: "If it takes out a few hedgehogs or snails, that’s the way of the world.".[2] Mottram in Longdendale is a village in the Longdendale part of the metropolitan borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester, near Broadbottom and Hattersley, in the north west of England. ...
Tintwistle is village and civil parish in the High Peak district of Derbyshire, England. ...
The Longdendale Bypass (also known as the A57/A628 Mottram-in-Longdendale, Hollingworth & Tintwistle Bypass) is a £115m scheme by the Highways Agency, whose stated aim is to alleviate traffic congestion on the A57/A628/A616 trunk road. ...
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A Metrolink tram in Manchester city centre. ...
By way of contrast, in the 1980s, Oldham had been very much against the closure of the Woodhead Line which he felt could bring about the extension of the M67 motorway through the Longdendale Valley. His comments at the Public Inquiry are recorded in Simon Bain's book Railroaded!: Battle for Woodhead Pass:[3] The Woodhead Line was a railway line linking Sheffield, Penistone and Manchester in the north of England. ...
The M67 is a short motorway in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England, forming an A57 bypass for the towns of Denton and Hyde. ...
| “ | On the final afternoon there was an unscheduled appearance by the Leader of Tameside Council, Roy Oldham. He said the GMC was looking at cutting its transport budget by £3.7 million because of government cuts, and the local rail services were an obvious target. But the whole of the Longdendale and west Manchester area naturally commuted west into the city, and without a good service the local road systems could not cope. Worse, the M67 constructed through Denton and Hyde 'led people to believe that it would be extended through Longdendale', ROY OLDHAM: We have a situation where a major rail artery is about to be removed for ever, with a road construction company having built a bypass that points at it. All that will happen is that it will smash through villages and curve its way towards Sheffield. What is the sense of constructing a motorway when a modern railway links two industrial centres 30 miles apart, and replacing that with something that will destroy the environment and cost huge amounts of capital? We have a procession of bumper-to-bumper vehicles coming over from Sheffield, but many are loads like coal, which should be on the rail line, and our roads are cut to pieces with them. | ” |
Controversy In July 2000, Oldham was subject to a bomb threat at his home. This turned out to be an elaborate hoax. Given Oldham's high profile, it was decided that the Longdendale councillor would receive surveilance cameras paid for by the council tax payer at undisclosed sum, this was estimated to have cost £4,000.00 which excludes any annual maintenance fees.[4] 2000 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December This is a timeline for events in July, 2000. ...
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There is also controversy over the fact that chauffeur driven BMW's were being used by Mr. Oldham on regular occasions. It was discovered that this came from tax-payers money.
In 2006, he was the subject of local controversy after declaring that potholes in one local road would not be immediately repaired as they presented a temporary traffic calming measure.[5] The city of Los Angeles is famous for its large potholes. ...
On a similar subject to potholes being a traffic calming measure, Oldham also made his own opinions on the Longendale Bypass. In one council meeting he said "If it takes out a few hedgehogs or snails, that’s the way of the world." This came under heavy critical response from local people.[6]
In July 2007, Roy Oldham was accused of having an "ego trip" by the local press[7] after including his house under a list of historic landmarks in Mottram. According to the Tameside Advertiser report, the plaque cost the tax payer £3,000.00 alone. A full Channel M video report can be seen on Youtube. In his defence he said the plaque "was just a bit of fun" and branded local people critical of the plaque as being "sad". In the video report it claimed that Mr. Oldham is the only councillor in the UK to be chauffeur driven.[8] July 2007 is the seventh month of that year. ...
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A chauffeur in Japan A driver in Kerala A chauffeur is one who drives an automobile as a job. ...
Remuneration In 2001, Oldham received a 32% pay rise from Tameside Council. The increase was from £23,453.00 a year to £31,000, a rise of £7,547.[9]
Further to Oldham's 32% pay rise, it has been recently reported that he is now paid a £50,000 annual salary which again is above the rate of inflation and the average national UK wage.[10], an increase of £3,350 from 2006. Part of his benefits include a BMW 5 Series car at the total cost of £63,000, which replaces a Rover 75.[11] For other uses, see BMW (disambiguation). ...
The BMW 5 Series is a mid-size luxury car / executive car manufactured by BMW since 1972. ...
The Rover 75 (codenamed R40 during development) is an executive car produced initially by the Rover Group at Cowley, Oxfordshire, UK, and later by MG Rover at their Longbridge site in Birmingham, UK. The Rover 75 was available with either a saloon or estate body and, latterly, with front-wheel...
References - ^ "DBE, KBE, CBE Civil Order of the British Empire", BBC News, December 31, 1999.
- ^ "Roy Oldham's snail comment", May 24, 2006.
- ^ Bain, Simon (1986). Railroaded!: Battle for Woodhead Pass. Faber & Faber, 168,169. ISBN 0-571-13909-4.
- ^ "Public 'paid for' leader's CCTV", BBC News, March 13, 2003.
- ^ "Potholes are traffic calming measure", Manchester Evening News, March 3, 2006.
- ^ "Hedgehogs a prickly subject", Tameside Advertiser.
- ^ "Council leader's home plaque branded 'ego trip'", Tameside Advertiser.
- ^ Youtube
- ^ "£7.5k rise for council leader", Tameside Advertiser, March 27, 2001.
- ^ "Council leader to pick up £50k a year", Tameside Advertiser.
- ^ "Council defends lease of BMW", Tameside Advertiser.
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External links - Roy Oldham profile at Tameside Council
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