Archive for June 7th, 2014
Saturday, June 7th, 2014
Cllr Daniel Cook
Cllr Daniel Cook will remain Leader of Tamworth Borough Council it was announced at last night’s Full Council meeting, making him one of the borough’s longest serving leaders.
Cllr Cook, who is a Conservative Party councillor representing Trinity ward, became leader of Tamworth Borough Council in December 2009 and has been a councillor since 2004. This is the sixth time he has been elected Leader of the Council and only the former Leader, the late Cllr Phil Dix, OBE, has served in the position longer.
At the annual council meeting, Cllr Richard Kingstone was sworn in as Mayor of Tamworth for the next 12 months and Cllr Maureen Gant will serve as the borough’s Deputy Mayor.
After accepting the position of Leader of the Council, Cllr Cook announced Cllr Robert Pritchard would remain in his current role as Deputy Leader of the Council.
Changes to Tamworth Borough Council’s Cabinet and portfolios were also announced at the meeting.
The full Cabinet and responsibilities is as follows:
- Cllr Daniel Cook. Leader. Portfolio: Performance, financial planning, strategy and reputation
- 23Cllr Robert Pritchard: Deputy Leader. Portfolio: Operations & Assets
- Cllr Steve Claymore: Portfolio: Economy & Education
- Cllr Stephen Doyle: Portfolio: Community Development & Voluntary Sector
- Cllr Michael Greatorex: Portfolio: Public Housing & Vulnerable People
- Cllr Michelle Thurgood: Portfolio: Environment & Waste Management
Cllr Cook also paid tribute to Cllr Jeremy Oates, a long serving Cabinet member and former Leader of the Council, who stepped away from Cabinet this year due to work and family commitments.
Saturday, June 7th, 2014
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Mayor & Mayoress – Cllr Richard Kingstone & Mrs Lisa Kingstone
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Tamworth’s Mayor & Deputy Mayor – Cllr Richard Kingstone & Cllr Maureen Gant
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Tamworth’s new Mayor – Cllr Richard Kingstone
Cllr Richard Kingstone, Conservative councillor for Mercian ward, is the new Mayor of Tamworth.
At Thursday night’s meeting of the Full Council held in Tamworth’s historic Town Hall, Cllr Kingstone was unanimously voted into the prestigious role. Cllr Kingstone was first voted onto the Borough Council in 2012.
Prior to the vote fellow Mercian ward councillor Andrew James said, “I am pleased to propose Cllr Kingstone for the prestigious role of Mayor of Tamworth. I have known Cllr Kingstone for several years and worked with him in Mercian ward prior to my own election to the council in 2011.
“Not only do we both represent Mercian ward, we also both grew up in Mercian ward as near neighbours at either ends of Riverside. I am sure that Cllr Kingstone’s years as both a teacher and magistrate will have proved to be the perfect training ground for his year ahead chairing Full Council meetings; I just hope he has no need to order detention for members or put on his black hat and send any of us down.”
After the vote Cllr Kingstone said, “It is a great honour to take on the role of Mayor and I promised the people of Tamworth that I will do my upmost to serve them well over the next year. Each Mayor always puts his or her own spin on the role and I intend to be no exception. Tamworth will see a very different Mayor to those that have gone before.
“I will be using the role to not only highlight and promote our amazing town but to help raise the aspirations of our young people and troubled families. I want them to be proud of themselves and their town and will use the role of Mayor to do just that.”
Cllr Kingstone will be joined by Cllr Maureen Gant, Conservative councillor for Spital ward, who was unanimously voted Deputy Mayor for the coming year.
