At the Annual Statutory meeting of the Town Council on Monday 15 May 2023, Councillors Jackie Love and Donna French were re-elected as Mayor and Deputy Mayor respectively.
This was also the first meeting following the local elections which saw two new councillors join the Town Council – Peter Selby for Uckfield Ridgewood Ward and Michael McClafferty for Uckfield East Ward. A further three councillors were co-opted at the meeting, as follows:-
- Val Frost – Uckfield West Ward
- Peter Ullmann – Uckfield New Town Ward
- Bernadette Reed – Uckfield Ridgewood Ward
Uckfield’s Town Clerk said: “We are pleased to welcome the new and co-opted councillors to the Town Council and look forward to working with them. We are also delighted with the re-election of the Mayor and Deputy Mayor for a third consecutive year. They have both worked so hard for the local community.”
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