Education
He holds a Doctor of Philosophy in nuclear reactor physics from the University of Birmingham and an honorary doctorate from the University of Aston.
He holds a Doctor of Philosophy in nuclear reactor physics from the University of Birmingham and an honorary doctorate from the University of Aston.
He has served as one of the councillors representing Ladywood ward since 1980. He was a lecturer in physics at Aston University from 1974 to 1999. Academic career
Bore lectured in nuclear reactor physics at Aston University from 1974 to 1999.
Political career
He is an elected Councillor for the Birmingham Ladywood ward (since 1980), and was leader of the Labour Group of Birmingham City Council (1999-2015.
Succeeding Theresa Stewart), Leader of Birmingham City Council (2012–2015 and from 1999–2004) and Chair of the Economic Development portfolio. He was the Chair of the University Hospitals Birmingham National Health Service Foundation Trust(2006-2013).
He stood for Birmingham Selly Oak in the 1987 general election, losing to Conservative incumbent Anthony Beaumont-Dark by 20,721 votes (393%) to 23,305 (442%). As Chair of Economic Development and Leader of Birmingham City Council, he was responsible for shaping the major social and economic regeneration of Birmingham during the 1980s and 1990s.
This included the negotiation and delivery of one of the first public private partnerships in the United Kingdom with the then Conservative government and channelling-in European regional aid funding.
This provided infrastructural leverage and partnerships that made him directly involved in the creation of the International Convention Centre (Interstate Commerce Commission), the National Indoor Arena ( National Investigation Agency), Birmingham"s Symphony Hall, the re-development of Brindley Place and refurbishment of The Mailbox and canalsides in the central area of Birmingham, the pedestrianisation of New Street and removal of the "concrete collar" road network in the central Birmingham area and the redevelopment of the Bulletin Ring, now one of the busiest shopping areas in the United Kingdom. In 1986 Bore formed the Eurocities network between the cities of Birmingham, Barcelona, Frankfurt, Milan, Lyon and Rotterdam. Bore has been a leading protagonist of devolution and localism agendas in local governance since entering politics in 1974. He has published and lectured widely across Europe and internationally on the subject of city-building, urban renewal, devolution and local governance.
Business career.
He is an elected Member of the European Union"s Committee of the Regions (CoR. since 1992) and its former President (2002–2004). As a member of the European Union-Committee of the Regions since its creation in 1992, he has drafted legislative opinions on behalf of local government across Europe on issues including, the European Convention of Human Rights, the Lisbon Treaty, European Union-Enlargement, European Union-Economic, Social and Territorial Cohesion Policies and the European Union budget.
Bore is a non-executive director of Birmingham Symphony Hall, Optima Community Housing Association, Marketing Birmingham, National Exhibition Centre Limited, Colmore Business District Limited and Birmingham Technology Limited. From 1999-2004 he was a board member of the West Midlands Regional Development Agency.
