Dame Shirley, Lady Porter DBE (née Cohen; born 29 November 1930), is a British politician who led Westminster City Council in London from 1983 to 1991...
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grandson of Sir Jack Cohen, founder of Tesco, and son of Dame Shirley Porter. When John Porter was young, he was given £4 million by his grandfather, Sir...
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for votes scandal involving Dame Shirley Porter. Under English law, the test for establishing bias was set out in Porter v Magill – whether a "fair minded...
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1974 and 1985. The original members were Fayette Pinkney, Shirley Porter and Linda Turner. Porter and Turner were eventually replaced by Janet Harmon and...
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the policy was ruled to be illegal. Former leader of the Council Dame Shirley Porter was found guilty of wilful misconduct and ordered to repay £36.1m. She...
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making a profit and in 1955, Porter was appointed as managing director.[citation needed] In 1948, Leslie Porter married Shirley Cohen (appointed DBE in 1991)...
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the late 1980s, the under the leadership of Conservative councillor Shirley Porter, the council was involved in the homes for votes scandal. In marginal...
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London, 1971 Hosken, Andrew (2007). Nothing Like a Dame: The Scandals of Shirley Porter. Granta. ISBN 9781862079229. Archived from the original on 6 August...
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business mogul Mohamed Al-Fayed and former council leader and Lord Mayor Shirley Porter. The road has suffered from traffic congestion since the mid-19th century...
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group called The Three Degrees with the line up of Fayette Pinkney, Shirley Porter and Linda Turner. By 1966, the line up had changed to be Fayette Pinkney...
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