Cally Labour Councillor is elected Deputy Mayor of Islington

(L-R) Paul, Una and Rupert pictured following the Annual Council meeting

We are very proud to announce that Cllr Una O’Halloran has been elected the Deputy Mayor of Islington. She will deputise for this year’s Mayor Cllr Kat Fletcher and will, following usual precedent, become Mayor in 2017-2018.

The new Mayor and Deputy were elected and sworn-in at the Council’s Annual Meeting on May 12th. At that same meeting Cllr Paul Convery stepped-down from the Council’s ruling Executive committee after 6 years’ service.

Over the next two years – as Deputy Mayor and Mayor – Una will of course continue to discharge all her duties as a ward Councillor for Cally including her regular advice “surgeries” at Westbourne Community Centre.

Both Paul and Rupert warmly welcomed Una’s election as Deputy Mayor. Rupert served as Mayor in 1997/98 and knows the small but significant benefits which our neighbourhood will enjoy as a result of having Una in the “first citizen” role.

Paul Convery adds: “Una was born and raised in the south of Islington and has been actively involved in community affairs for 20 years. Before she was elected in May 2014, Una was chair of her local tenants association, the Safer Neighbourhood Panel and local Housing Panel. She is actively involved in two local churches and is also a school governor. She has already proven herself to be a  great Councillor working hard for the people on the Cally. Una has got her feet firmly planted on the ground. When she was first elected I remember her say, with great modesty, that she is ‘an ordinary person who wants to work hard for people like herself’. She will be a great Deputy Mayor and then Mayor in 2017-18.”