Deputy Leader of the Labour Group
Portfolio: Community Wellbeing, Health & Care; Transport. Positions: Scrutiny Management Panel; Housing & Social Care Scrutiny Panel; Langstone Harbour Board.
Cllr Graham Heaney was re-elected as councillor for St.Jude ward in May 2023, having served since 2019. As Labour’s Spokesperson for Traffic and Transportation Graham leads on ensuring Portsmouth City Council responds adequately to the issues of traffic and road safety, does all it can to reduce congestion and maintains high standards for all forms of transportation across the city. Graham is a Vice-Chair of the Scrutiny Management Panel, a member of the Health Overview & Scrutiny Panel and Housing & Social Care Scrutiny Panel.
Graham has a number of external appointments, such as for the Langstone Harbour Board, the Farlington Marshes Management Committee and the Transport Liaison Group.
Outside of formal council roles, Graham is a lecturer at Portsmouth University in politics and public policy in the School of Area Studies, History, Politics and Literature and has research interests in the history and politics of the Labour Party. Graham is a member of the University and Colleges Union and serves on the executive committee of the local branch in Portsmouth.
Graham can be contacted via:
Mobile: 07826 – 914658 and 02392 831011
Email: cllr.graham.heaney@portsmouthcc.gov.uk
Ward surgery: First Saturday of every month from 10am to 12 noon at Southsea Library. No appointment needed.