Cllr Ben Adams

Local Conservative County Councillor Ben Adams (Perrycrofts Division) has been voted as the new Deputy Leader of Staffordshire County Council by his fellow county councillors.

At last Thursday’s meeting of the County Council (17th May), Cllr Philip Atkins (Uttoxeter Rural) was re-elected as Leader of the County Council for a 3rd successive year and Ben Adams was voted in as Deputy Leader replacing Cllr Ian Parry (Stone Rural) who had held the role since May 2009.

Ben said, “I am delighted that my colleagues have asked me to represent them as Deputy Leader. It is a demanding role but should allow me to champion the interests of Tamworth and Staffordshire locally, regionally and nationally. We live in a great place and I intend to keep working hard to make it even better.”

Ben has been the County Councillor for the Perrycrofts division of Tamworth, which incorporates Spital and much of the Mercian ward, since 2009. He served as cabinet member for Communities for two years and has been leading Economic Growth and Enterprise since 2011. Ben was previously a Lichfield District Councillor representing Fazeley & Mile Oak and a cabinet member for Communities but now concentrates on Tamworth and Staffordshire.