John Letford

Who is John Letford?

John Ross Letford MBE is a Scottish politician who served as the Lord Provost of Dundee, as well as a councillor in his local ward of Lochee, until May 2012.

Born in Aberdeen, he moved to Dundee in 1943 and later served an apprenticeship in the Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company shipyard as a marine coppersmith. He also served in the Royal Air Force from 1956 until 1958.

In 1989 he began working as a training manager with Community Industry Rathbone, where he remained for 15 years before becoming a councillor in the Tayside Regional Council and Labour Party Chairman for Camperdown.

He has served on several committees with matters concerning sports, theatre, education, local services and disabled associations and has been involved with Dundee City Council since 1994 where before being appointed Lord Provost in 2003, a post which he regained after the Scottish local elections, 2007.

He currently resides in the Charleston area of the city.

On 24 March 2009, Letford resigned from the Labour Group on Dundee City Council, and became an independent councillor.