Albert Bore

Sir Albert Bore (born 1946 in Ayrshire, Scotland ) is a British nuclear physicist, academic and Labour Party politician.

Bore has a doctorate in nuclear reactor physics from the University of Birmingham and worked as a lecturer in nuclear physics at Aston University from 1974 to 1999. He served as a member of Birmingham City Council for Ladywood ward between 1980 to 2026. He led the Labour Party group between 1999 and 2015, serving as Leader of the Council from 1999 to 2004 and from 2012 to 2015. On 22 October 2015, Bore resigned as Leader effective 1 December, when he was succeeded by his Labour party colleague John Clancy.

He retired at the 2026 local elections.

Career Academic career Bore moved to Birmingham in 1969 to study for a doctorate in nuclear reactor physics at the University of Birmingham. He was a lecturer in nuclear physics at Aston University from 1974 to 1999. 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 NHS Foundation Trust (2006–13). He also has two adult sons from his second marriage to Najma Hafeez, a management consultant, former Birmingham City Councillor and former Chairwoman of City Hospital. In 1995 he was acquitted of assault after she accused him of throwing coffee in her face. They began dating shortly after and married in 2014. Quinn was also a Councillor, for the Sparkbrook ward, to which she was elected in a November 2011 by-election to succeed Salma Yaqoob. Quinn stood for Druids Heat ward following boundary changes in 2018 but was defeated.

Bore was knighted in the 2002 New Year honours for services to local government.