Agenda item - Council Business - Newly Elected Councillors

The Mayor will invite Group Leaders to introduce their newly elected councillors who will come forward to be welcomed by the Mayor prior to taking their repsective seats in the Council Chamber.

1.1         The Mayor welcomed everyone to the meeting stated that she intended to invite the Group Leaders to introduce the newly elected councillors for their Groups in turn who would then come forward so that she could receive them and invite them to take their seat in the Council Chamber.  She also noted that the Deputy Mayor would introduce the Independent Member.

1.2         Councillors Platts, Mac Cafferty, Bell and the Deputy Mayor then announced the new Members for the following wards:

Councillor Platts introduced:

Councillor Allcock                 Goldsmid Ward

Councillor Appich                  Westbourne Ward

Councillor Brennan               East Brighton Ward

Councillor Childs                   Queen’s Park Ward

Councillor Evans                   Queen’s Park Ward

Councillor Fowler                  Hollingdean & Stanmer Ward

Councillor Grimshaw            Moulsecoomb & Bevendean Ward

Councillor Henry                   Westbourne Ward

Councillor Knight                   Moulsecoomb & Bevendean Ward

Councillor Pissaridou           North Portslade Ward

Councillor Wilkinson             Central Hove Ward

Councillor Williams               East Brighton Ward

Councillor Mac Cafferty introduced:

Councillor Clare                     Brunswick & Adelaide Ward

Councillor Davis                    Withdean Ward

Councillor Ebel                      Goldsmid Ward

Councillor Heley                    Preston Park Ward

Councillor Hills                      Hanover & Elm Grove Ward

Councillor Hugh-Jones        Preston Park Ward

Councillor Lloyd                     Withdean Ward

Councillor Nield                     Withdean Ward

Councillor Osborne               Hollingdean & Stanmer Ward

Councillor Powell                  Hanover & Elm Grove Ward

Councillor Rainey                 Queen’s Park Ward

Councillor Shanks                 St Pater’s & North Laine Ward

Councillor Bell introduced:

Councillor Bagaeen              Hove Park Ward

Councillor McNair                  Patcham Ward

The Deputy Mayor introduced:

Councillor Fishleigh              Rottingdean Coastal Ward

1.3         The Mayor welcomed the newly elected Members to the Council and wished them well in their terms of office.