John Roderick Mutton (20 September 1947 – 15 May 2022) was a British politician. He was the Labour group leader on

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from May 2003 until May 2013, Leader of Coventry City Council from 2010 to 2013 and Lord Mayor of Coventry in 1997. In 2010, John Mutton told ''

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'', regarding British government cuts in spending: "It feels like they’re just sticking a finger in the air and guessing." Mutton lost his position as Labour group leader in May 2013 in a leadership election that was won by Ann Lucas, which had been predicted. After losing the election, he became a member of a special committee appointed to oversee the

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. In 2013, Mutton started an e-mail chain amongst Labour Party members making jokes about

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's funeral. When the e-mail was made public he was forced by the national party leaders to make an apology. John Mutton died Sunday 15 May 2022, having only been reelected as a councillor the same month.

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External links

Councillor John Mutton webpage
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