Melvyn Ernest John NottThe United Kingdom:

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(born 1942) is a Welsh politician who was a county councillor in

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. He was leader of

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between 2008 and 2016.

Background

Following a split in the Sarn and Bryncethin Labour Party in 1991, the sitting councillor for the St Brides Minor ward, Mel Winter, was deselected in favour of Mel Nott for the 1991 Ogwr Borough Council election. Winter stood as an independent candidate and retained the seat, with Nott losing out by 150 votes. Nott was instead elected as a councillor to

Mid Glamorgan County Council Mid Glamorgan County Council () was the upper-tier authority for the Welsh county of Mid Glamorgan between its creation in 1974 and its abolition in 1996. History Local government in England and Wales was reorganised in 1974 under the Local Gove ...

in 1992, subsequently elected to

as a Labour councillor for St Brides Minor in 1995. He was elected unopposed to the new Sarn ward in 1999. Following the May 2008 elections, in which Labour gained a majority on the council, Nott (as the Labour group leader) became leader of the council. Nott was appointed an

Officer of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding valuable service in a wide range of useful activities. It comprises five classes of awards across both civil and military divisions, the most senior two o ...

(OBE) in the

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, for services to the community and to Local Government.The United Kingdom: After surviving a leadership challenge in May 2016, Nott announced in August 2016 he would be retiring as council leader in October of that year. He planned to step down as Sarn councillor at the May 2017 elections.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nott, Mel 1942 births Living people Leaders of local authorities of Wales Members of Mid Glamorgan County Council Members of Bridgend County Borough Council Officers of the Order of the British Empire Welsh Labour councillors