Jeff Green (British politician)

Jeffrey Edwin Green (born 5 May 1957) is a British Conservative politician and former leader of Wirral Council between 2010 and 2011 and in 2012.

[10][11] In 2002, he succeeded John Hale as leader of the Conservative group, a role he held until 2017 when he lost a leadership challenge to Wallasey councillor Ian Lewis.

[1] He became Leader of the Conservative Group again in December 2020 when Lewis stepped down, beating David Burgess Joyce a secret ballot.

[2] Green's reign lasted less than a year before the Lib Dems withdrew their support citing that, after the 2011 election, "they were not given a mandate to continue running the council as part of a coalition."

[14] During his first stint as Leader, Green commissioned a report into claims of whistleblower Martin Morton, a former social services employee, who was bullied out of his job after revealing systematic financial abuse of vulnerable people in council care.