Share, Alan

Over 17 years a governor of a special school for children with a physical difficulty and an associated learning difficulty, chair of governors for most of that time.

His wife and partner, Ros, mirrored his concern for the disabled, volunteering teacher support. More importantly, until Sunderland's Labour-controlled Local Authority withdrew funding and closed down the Citizens' Advice Bureau, using her law degree she volunteered her time in its Tribunal Unit successfully representing clients claiming disability benefit.

A degree in Jurisprudence at Merton College, Oxford. A barrister, but