15 Facts About Mike Storey

Mike Storey is currently the party's spokesperson on education, families and young people in the House of Lords.

Mike Storey was City Councillor for the Liverpool ward of Wavertree from 2004 to 2011 and Leader of Liverpool City Council from 1998 to 2005.

Mike Storey was first elected to the Council in 1973, and became the youngest Chair of Education in the history of Liverpool from 1980 to 1983, during which time he was Deputy Leader of the Council under Sir Trevor Jones.

In 1998 the Liberal Democrats gained control of Liverpool City Council and Mike Storey became Council Leader.

Mike Storey aimed to set about rebuilding the city's reputation, cutting the council tax, improving services and attracting jobs and investment, while reducing the number of council employees by 5,000.

Mike Storey was a central part of Liverpool's successful bid to become European Capital of Culture in 2008 and was widely credited with transforming the city and Council's reputation by cutting council tax, improving council services and attracting jobs and investment.

Mike Storey resigned as Council Leader on 25 November 2005 after being found to have breached the members' code of conduct, following the disclosure of correspondence with former Council media chief, Matt Finnegan, which appeared to show the two men seeking to pressure the departure of then Chief Executive, Sir David Henshaw.

Mike Storey lost his seat to 18-year-old Jake Morrison in 2011.

Mike Storey was preceded by Cllr Steve Rotheram and succeeded by Cllr Hazel Williams.

On 19 November 2010, it was announced that Mike Storey would be created a life peer and will sit as a Liberal Democrat in the House of Lords.

Mike Storey was created Baron Storey, of Childwall in the City of Liverpool on 2 February 2011.

Mike Storey is currently the Liberal Democrat education spokesman in the House of Lords and co-chair of the party parliamentary education, families and young people committee.

Mike Storey is a member of the Regional Growth Fund independent advisory panel and a trustee of Mersyside think-tank ExUrbe.

Mike Storey was appointed an OBE for political services in 1994 and a CBE for services to regeneration in 2002.

Mike Storey is a retired primary school teacher and long-serving headteacher of Plantation Primary School, Halewood.