New Town Council Positions

At the Annual Meeting of the Council this evening, Councillor Bryan Futers was voted in as Chair of Prudhoe Town Council and the new Mayor of Prudhoe.

Cllr Futers takes over from outgoing Chair/Mayor Cllr Tracy Gilmore who has held the post since 2018.  Cllr Carol Stephenson will support Cllr Futers as Vice-Chair, who succeeds Cllr Chris Cuthbert.

Cllr Duncan Couchman was elected Chair of the Planning, Contract and Works Committee with the support of Cllr Glenn Simpson as Vice-Chair.  All Cllrs are members of this committee.

Cllr Dorothy Dickinson was elected Chair of the Human Resources Committee, supported by the following members (The Chair and Vice-Chair of the Council are ex-officio):

1. Cllr Jonathan Wheeler
2. Cllr Angie Scott
3. Cllr Ignasious Varghese
4. Cllr Glenn Simpson

Cllr Duncan Couchman was elected Chair of the Cemetery and War Memorial Committee, supported by the following members (The Chair and Vice-Chair of the Council are ex-officio):

1. Cllr Dorothy Dickinson
2. Cllr Jonathan Wheeler
3. Cllr Glenn Simpson
4. Cllr Ignasious Varghese
5. Cllr Kiran Bell

The next formal meeting of the full council is scheduled to be held on Wednesday 23rd June.