Paul Dennett is a British politician serving as Deputy Mayor of Greater Manchester since 2021.

[1][2] Dennett's father worked for a power station and was an active trade unionist and his mother was a housewife and house cleaner.

[4] He received a BA in International Business from the University of Ulster, an MSc in Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations from the Manchester Business School, and an MRES in Social Sciences from Manchester Metropolitan University.

[1] He was elected the Mayor of Salford on 5 May 2016,[6] succeeding Ian Stewart also of the Labour Party, and was re-elected in 2021.

[7] Dennett was formerly a local councillor for the Langworthy ward in Salford, and is a member of the Unite and UCU trade unions.