Richard Kemp

Richard Charles Kemp, , is the Deputy Lord Mayor of Liverpool 2023/24 and in May 2024 will become the Lord Mayor for 2024/25. He was previously the Leader of the Liberal Democrats in Local Government and Vice Chair of the Local Government Association of England & Wales for over seven years until August 2011. A member of Liverpool City Council for 47 years, he was Leader of the Liberal Democrats and opposition on the Council for 11 years until standing down to become Deputy Lord Mayor. Cllr Kemp has been a member of the Board of the Local Authority Mutual Investment Trust since 2011 and its Chair since 1 January 2019. He was awarded the CBE in 2011 for Public Service. Between 2006 and 2016 he was the UK representative on the Executive Bureau, Finance Board and the World Council of United Cities and Local Government, the global body for local government. After assisting with the rebuilding of the pan-African section of the global body UCLGA between 2007 and 2009 he has been an adviser on governance and scrutiny since 2010 advising on both the work of councils and of local government associations. Cllr Kemp now acts as an adviser to and reviewer of councils in England on behalf of the Local Government Association of England & Wales. Outside politics Richard is the Chair of QS Impact a global charity which helps young people get involved in delivering the UN's Strategic Development Goals (SDGs) in more than 150 Countries.