Kathrine Lilian Cutts MBE (born 30 October 1942)[1] is a British former Conservative Party county councillor who served as the Leader of Nottinghamshire County Council from 2017 to 2021. Cutts announced her intended retirement from politics in late 2020, with a confirmation that she would not stand at the 2021 elections.[2][3]

Nottinghamshire in 1989, when she first won her seat

Career

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Cutts began as a parish councillor for Normanton-on-the-Wolds in 1962.[4] She sat on Rushcliffe Borough Council.

She was first elected to the county council on 4 May 1989, representing the Radcliffe-on-Trent ward.[5] The county council then also included Nottingham, with the council having 50 Labour and 34 Conservative councillors. She became Leader of the Conservative Group on the county council in October 2000.

The Conservatives gained control of the council in the 2009 election.

In the 2014 New Year Honours, she received the MBE.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Companies House
  2. ^ Leader of Nottinghamshire County Council to step down at next election Nottingham Post, 10 October 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2020
  3. ^ Statement from Councillor Kay Cutts MBE - Leader of Nottinghamshire County Council nottinghamshire.gov.uk, 14 October 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2020
  4. ^ a b MBE for former county council leader chad.co.uk, 2 January 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2020
  5. ^ Radcliffe-on-Trent
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Civic offices
Preceded by Leader of Nottinghamshire County Council
May 2017–May 2021
Succeeded by
Preceded by Leader of Nottinghamshire County Council
May 2009– May 2013
Succeeded by
Alan Rhodes