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  • Councillor Dr Darren Paffey

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    Title: Cabinet Member for Children & Learning

    Party: Labour

    Ward: Bargate

    Other councillors representing this Ward:

    • Councillor Sarah Bogle
    • Councillor John Noon

    More information about this councillor

    • Attendance record
    • Register of interests PDF 88 KB
    • Voting record

    Surgery details

    Home visits by appointments

    Contact information

    Correspondence address: 
    c/o Member Services
    Southampton City Council
    Civic Centre
    Southampton
    SO14 7LY

    Bus. phone:  023 8083 3340

    Email:  Councillor.D.Paffey@Southampton.gov.uk

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    Responsibilities

    • Cabinet Member for Children and Learning

    Committee appointments

    • CabinetCabinet Member for Children & Learning
    • Chipperfield Trust
    • Council
    • Health and Wellbeing Board
    • Local Outbreak Engagement Board

    Terms of Office

    • 05/05/2011 - 07/05/2015
    • 05/05/2016 - 06/05/2021

    Appointments to outside bodies

    • Corporate Parenting
    • Future of Work Advisory Board
    • Health and Wellbeing Board
    • Local Government Information Unit
    • Local Safeguarding Children's Board
    • Solent LEP Skills and Advisory Board
    • The Wulfris Educational Foundation

    Additional Information

    Biography :

    Councillor Darren Paffey was a ward Councillor for Peartree from 2011 to 2015 and is now a ward Councillor for Bargate.  He has policy interests in education, skills development, children’s safeguarding and seeing public, private and voluntary sectors cooperate to tackle inequalities. 

     

    Born in the north-east but later raised in Hampshire, he came to Southampton 13 years ago where he is now married and has two young children.  He works as a Spanish Lecturer at the University of Southampton, conducting research into political media discourse, and working in Latin America to establish student exchange and research links.

     

    Councillor Paffey recently led the formation of the Southampton Fairness Commission, a strategic group of senior influencers, exploring how to make the City a fairer place to live and work and seeking to engage public, private and voluntary sectors to reduce local inequalities.