Worcester's new Mayor has taken up residence in the Parlour at the Guildhall with outgoing Mayor, Councillor Jo Hodges, offering up her robes to Cllr Stephen Hodgson, who was voted in at last night's Annual Council meeting.
Cllr Adrian Gregson was voted in as Deputy Mayor.
With the Conservatives securing a majority in May's election, the meeting also saw the party's Cllr Marc Bayliss voted in as Leader of Worcester City Council and Cllr Chris Mitchell as Deputy Leader.
Cllr Stephen Hodgson said: "It's a great privilege to be chosen as Mayor of Worcester, having lived in the city for over 30 years.I'd also like to congratulate all those who have been newly elected as members following the recent local elections.
"It's now time for us to come together and celebrate our great city, as we move forward and recover from the pandemic.There will be plenty of opportunities to do so over the coming months."
Also elected at the meeting were the Chairs and Vice Chairs of the council's committees.
The new Committees
Policy & Resources Committee
Chair: Cllr Marc Bayliss (Conservative)
Vice-chair: Cllr Adrian Gregson (Labour)
Vice chair:Cllr Louis Stephen (Green)
Communities Committee
Chair: Cllr James Stanley (Conservative)
Vice-chair: Cllr Jabba Riaz (Labour)
Environment Committee
Chair: Cllr Andy Stafford (Conservative)
Vice-chair: Cllr Tom Collins (Labour)
Health & Wellbeing Committee (newly created committee)
Chair:Cllr Louise Griffiths (Conservative)
Vice-chair: Cllr Lynn Denham (Labour)
Place and Economic Development Committee
Chair: Cllr Lucy Hodgson (Conservative)
Vice-chair: Cllr Jo Hodges (Labour)
Income Generation Sub-committee
Chair: Cllr Steve Mackay (Conservative)
Vice-chair: Cllr Jabba Riaz (Labour)
Personnel and General Purposes Sub-committee
Chair: Chris Mitchell (Conservative)
Vice-chair: Cllr Adrian Gregson (Labour)
Planning
Chair: Cllr Mike Johnson (Conservative)
Vice-chair: Cllr Pat Agar (Labour)
Licensing and Environmental Health Committee
Chair: Cllr Allah Ditta (Conservative)
Vice-chair: Cllr Nida Hassan (Conservative)
Audit and Governance Committee
Chair: Cllr Alan Amos (Conservative)
Vice-chair: Cllr Jenny Barnes (Labour)
Standards Committee
Chair: Cllr Andy Roberts (Conservative)
Vice-chair: Cllr Matthew Lamb (Labour)
