Cllr Paul Kelly

Councillor Paul Kelly is the COSLA Spokesperson for Health and Social Care. Councillor Kelly graduated from Glasgow University with a MA Honours in History. He has been a Councillor for the Motherwell West ward of North Lanarkshire Council since 2007. He is currently the Depute Leader of North Lanarkshire Council. From 2016-2022 he was Depute Leader of North Lanarkshire Council, a Non-executive Director of NHS Lanarkshire, and Chair then Vice-Chair of North Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnership Joint Integration Board. He was appointed to the role of COSLA’s Health and Social Care Spokesperson after his re-election as Councillor in 2022.

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