Honoured to be confirmed as the new @graveshambc Deputy Leader of the Council & Cabinet Member for Strategic Environment at Annual Council tonight. Thanks to Group Colleagues & Council for this privilege & I pay tribute to Lee for his service as Deputy Leader before me. Lauren becomes the new Cabinet Member for Community and Leisure after six years in this role both as Shadow Cabinet Member and Cabinet Member. Thanks to all Officers for their work in my previous Portfolio.
Thank you so much to the residents of Coldharbour and Perry Street for supporting Christina, Narinder and I in the 2023 @graveshambc elections and for helping towards a @graveshamlabour majority. We look forward to working for residents over the next four years. The full results were: BLACK, Jeremy Robert (Conservative Party) 485 HARDING, Brenda (Conservative Party) 481 MOCHRIE-COX, Shane Trevor (Labour Party) 972 ROLLES, Christina Marie (Labour Party) 957 THANDI, Narinder-Jit Singh (Labour Party) 953 WHITE, George Edward (Conservative Party) 451 There were 39 Seats in 17 Wards available in the 2023 Gravesham Borough Council Election due to new Boundary Changes. Please see elsewhere on this site to see the new Boundaries. The final composition of the Council after the election results were Labour 22 Seats and Conservatives 17 Seats.
Delighted to visit the construction site of the new Fleet Leisure (former Bowaters) sports centre today in #Coldharbour with the developers as Phase One of the project is installed. The pitches, lighting, fencing etc is all due to be in ready to open Phase One in March 2023. The materials are now all here and on site which has been a large part of the delay. Residents will start to see the infrastructure going in over the next few weeks after Christmas.