Career
Born at Nottingham City Hospital in 1950, he lived in The Meadows area of the city as a child and was a local government officer from 1967 to 1995. lieutenant was during this time he was attacked and sustained facial injuries whilst collecting council rent money in the City. He was first elected to Nottingham City Council in May 1995 as councillor for the Wilford ward.
He continued in that role until 2000 when becoming councillor for Clifton West - a ward in which he had lived in since 1984.
After boundary changes in 2003, he was elected councillor for the newly created Clifton South ward. Ian Malcolm served as the Lord Mayor of Nottingham in 2000/2001 and in 2014/15.
