Worcester's new Mayor has taken up residence in the Parlour at the Guildhall with outgoing Mayor Councillor Louis Stephen handing over the chain of office to Cllr Mel Allcott, who was voted in at last night's Annual Council meeting.
Cllr Matt Lamb was voted in as Deputy Mayor.
Cllr Allcott's chosen charity for her mayoral year will be Perdiswell Young People's Leisure Club
New Mayor, Cllr Allcott said:
"It's a great honour to be elected as Mayor of Worcester and I'm excited to start the role.
"The theme for this year is that young people matter. I want to support the lives of young people across Worcester."
The new Council Leader is Lynn Denham (Labour) and her Deputy Leader is Jabba Riaz (Labour).
Also elected at the meeting were the Chairs and Vice Chairs of the Council's committees:
Policy & Resources Committee
- Chair: Lynn Denham (Labour)
- Vice-chairs: Louis Stephen (Green) & Jessie Jagger (Lib Dem)
Communities Committee
- Chair: Jabbar Riaz (Labour)
- Vice-chair: Jill Desayrah (Labour)
Environment Committee
- Chair: Zoe Cookson (Labour)
- Vice-chair: Karen Lewing (Green)
Health & Wellbeing Committee
- Chair: Elena Round (Green)
- Vice-chair: Elaine Willmore (Labour)
Place and Economic Development Committee
- Chair: Robyn Norfolk (Labour)
- Vice-chair: Hannah Cooper (Green)
Planning
- Chair: Karen Lewing (Green)
- Vice-chair: Pat Agar (Labour)
Licensing and Environmental Health Committee
- Chair: Richard Udall (Labour)
- Vice-chair: Karen Lawrance (Lib Dem)
Audit and Governance Committee
- Chair: Neil Laurenson (Green)
- Vice-chair: Matt Lamb (Labour)
Standards Committee
- Chair: Sarah Murray (Lib Dem)
- Vice-chair: Basharat Ali (Labour)
