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Janette Williamson | |
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Leader of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council | |
Assumed office 28 September 2020 [1] | |
Preceded by | Pat Hackett |
Labour Party Group Leader on Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council | |
Assumed office 29 June 2020 [2] | |
Deputy | Tom Usher |
Preceded by | Pat Hackett |
Wirral Metropolitan Borough Councillor for Liscard | |
Assumed office 3 May 2012 | |
Preceded by | James Keeley |
Majority | 1,485 (42.1%) |
Personal details | |
Born | Janette Williamson 25 August 1965 [3] |
Political party | Labour |
Residence(s) | Port Sunlight,Wirral,UK [3] |
Janette Williamson (born 1965),is a British Labour politician and current Leader of Wirral Council. [4] She is the first woman to lead the Council in 29 years. [1]
She was elected leader of the Labour group on Wirral Council on 29 June 2020,beating fellow councillors Gillian Wood and Yvonne Nolan. [5] Nolan was last woman to lead the Council between 1990 and 1991.
Williamson became Leader of the Council in a virtual meeting on 28 September with the Council governing under a Committee system. [6]
In 2012 Williamson was forced to apologise after she was found to have posted an offensive post on social media regarding the death of the Duke of Edinburgh. [7]
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