I am proud to have been re-elected for another 4 years in the Minster South Ward of Beverley Town Council. The Liberal Democrats took complete control of the council, which I think is unprecedented in its recent history as Beverley Borough then Beverley Town.

We fought off a somewhat vindictive campaign against us, mentioning no names, to convince the people of Beverley that we are on the right track with the new Beverley Town Hall project. The vote was a vindication of our good stewardship of the council and the great events we put on for the local people.

In my time as a Beverley Town Council from my election in July 2022 to the May 2023 election here is what I and we achieved:

• organised a successful Jubilee event for Queen Elizabeth II which now, in the light of her passing, looks poignant. We said goodbye to a lady who was close to all of our hearts and the only monarch most of us had ever known.
• helped to organise and participated in an event to create some new Freemen and Freewomen of Beverley – all local citizens who had made a difference to the community
• participated in a successful event to celebrate the proclamation of the new monarch, King Charles III.
• enabled more people than ever to grow food in their allotments
• displayed some good innovative Christmas decorations which most people liked
• supported as many local arts events as I could
• voted to continue with our partnership grants to key local organisations such as Beverley Rugby Club, the Cherry Tree Centre and many more
• contributed ideas to the exciting project to build a new town hall for Beverley from the old St John’s Ambulance building – this is ongoing and we are planning the next stage
• voted to maintain the council’s 2023 – 2024 precept – i.e. the council’s annual budget – at the same level as 2022 – 2023. This was because we know that many people are struggling so we wanted to keep their costs down from Beverley Town Council.
• Abolished the annual allowance for Beverley Town Councillors in order to save some more money
• contributed my ideas to a lot more projects to support local people

Thankyou for voting for me again – I will continue to look out for your best interests at Beverly Town Council.